Ansible : how to create a function like

Question

I have a repeated pattern like this one::

- name: =code_01= clone repository
  git: [email protected]:/code_01
       dest=/tmp/code_01
       update=yes
       force=yes
       accept_hostkey=yes
       version=master
  sudo: true
  sudo_user: "{{ user }}"

- name: =code_01= egg build
  shell: . {{ home }}/{{ venv_name }}/bin/activate && make egg
  args:
    chdir: "/tmp/code_01"
  sudo_user: "{{ user }}"
  sudo: true

- name: =code_01= egg get
  command: find /tmp/code_01/dist -type f -iname '*.egg'
  register: code_01eggs

- name: =code_01= egg install in {{ venv_name }} venv
  shell: . {{ home }}/{{ venv_name }}/bin/activate && easy_install {{ item }}
  args:
    chdir: "{{ home }}"
  with_items: "{{ code_01eggs.stdout_lines }}"
  sudo_user: "{{ user }}"
  sudo: true

- name: =code_01= cleanup
  file: path=/tmp/code_01 state=absent
  sudo: true

And I have this to do with: code_02, code_03, code_04, ..., code_0n

How can I "factorize" this ?

Answer 1

You can move the logic to a second yml file and use include with with_items:

- include: factored.yml
  with_items:
    - code_01
    - code_02
    - code_03

And in the second file replace code_01 with {{ item }}.

Useful link: Ansible docs: Loops and include

Note: if you have nested loops, you can set the outter loop item using set_fact after Ansible 2.0. Refer to the above documentation for more.