How can I write variables inside the tasks file in ansible

Question

I have this play.yml

---
- hosts: 127.0.0.1
  connection: local
  sudo: false

  tasks:
     - include: apache.yml

My Apache look

Answer 1

Whenever you have a module followed by a variable on the same line in ansible the parser will treat the reference variable as the beginning of an in-line dictionary. For example:

- name: some example
  command: {{ myapp }} -a foo

The default here is to parse the first part of {{ myapp }} -a foo as a dictionary instead of a string and you will get an error.

So you must quote the argument like so:

- name: some example
  command: "{{ myapp }} -a foo"