Ansible iteration over an array with data

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-name: SFTP | inbox
file: path="{{ item.home }}/{{ item.username }}{{ item.suffix1 }}/{{ item.inbox }}" mode=0775 owner="{{ item.username }}" group="{{ web_user }}" state=directory
with_items: "{{ clients }}"
when: suffix1 is defined
 
-name: SFTP | outbox 
file: path="{{ item.home }}/{{ item.username }}{{ item.suffix1 }}/{{ item.outbox }}" mode=0775 owner="{{ item.username }}" group="{{ web_user }}" state=directory 
with_items: "{{ clients }}" 
when: suffix1 is defined
 
TASK [sftp-user : SFTP | inbox **************************** 
skipping: [server1] => (item={u'username': u'test1', u'home': u'/home/test1', u'inbox': u'Inbox', u'outbox': u'Outbox'}) 
skipping: [server1] => (item={u'username': u'test2', u'inbox': u'Inbox', u'outbox': u'Outbox', u'home': u'/home/test2', u'suffix2': u'_right', u'suffix1': u'_left'}) 
skipping: [server1] => (item={u'username': u'test3', u'home': u'/home/test3', u'inbox': u'Inbox', u'outbox': u'Outbox'})
 
TASK [sftp-user : SFTP | outbox **************************** 
skipping: [server1] => (item={u'username': u'test2', u'inbox': u'Inbox', u'outbox': u'Outbox', u'home': u'/home/test2', u'suffix2': u'_right', u'suffix1': u'_left'}) 
skipping: [server1] => (item={u'username': u'test1', u'home': u'/home/test1', u'inbox': u'Inbox', u'outbox': u'Outbox'}) 
skipping: [server1] => (item={u'username': u'test3', u'home': u'/home/test3', u'inbox': u'Inbox', u'outbox': u'Outbox'})
 
clients:
 - username: test1 
   home: /home/test1 
   outbox: Outbox 
   inbox: Inbox
 
 - username: test2 
   home: /home/test2 
   outbox: Outbox 
   inbox: Inbox 
   suffix1: _left 
   suffix2: _right
 
 - username: test3 
   home: /home/test3 
   outbox: Outbox 
   inbox: Inbox

There is an array with clients, some clients have a suffix for a folder, some do not. Example: all clients have suffixes - folders are created if the first client does not have a suffix, and the second has suffix - folders creation is skipped. Skipped the first client and create the second client. How to solve this problem,since all clients in this code are skipped, please tell me?

Zeitounator · Accepted Answer · 2020-09-29 14:05:23Z

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item.suffix1 has to be tested. The condition is evaluated on each iteration

when: item.suffix1 is defined

edited Sep 29, 2020 at 14:05

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answered Sep 29, 2020 at 5:03

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Саша С. Over a year ago

Thank you very much, I spent 2 days working on this problem :)

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