Ansible block vars

Question

How can I set in Ansible block vars (visible only for tasks in block) ?

I tried:

---
- hosts: test
  tasks:
    - block:

       - name: task 1
         shell: "echo {{item}}"

      with_items:
        - one
        - two

but it seems that it's a wrong way.

Answer 1

• If you want to define a variable for a block:

  - block:
  
    - debug:
        var: var_for_block
  
    vars:
      var_for_block: "value for var_for_block"
  

• If you want to "loop over blocks" as your code suggests - you can't. It's not implemented in Ansible. Follow this thread.

  For now consider saving the tasks to a separate file and use include instead.