create multiple directories using ansible

Question

I want to create multiple directories(test1,test2) with 2 sub directories (/home/test1/bin and /home/test2/conf) similarly for test2. My playbook looks like this :

--
- hosts: localhost
  tasks:
    - name: Create directory
      file: path=/home/{{item}}/bin  state=directory
      file: path=/home/{{item}}/conf state=directory
      with_items:
          - test1
          - test2

However i get the following error:

An exception occurred during task execution. The full traceback is:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/root/ansible/lib/ansible/executor/process/worker.py", line 122, in run
    executor_result = TaskExecutor(host, task, job_vars, new_play_context, self._new_stdin, self._loader, shared_loader_obj).run()
  File "/root/ansible/lib/ansible/executor/task_executor.py", line 89, in run
    items = self._get_loop_items()
  File "/root/ansible/lib/ansible/executor/task_executor.py", line 179, in _get_loop_items
    items = self._shared_loader_obj.lookup_loader.get(self._task.loop, loader=self._loader, templar=templar).run(terms=loop_terms, variables=vars_copy)
  File "/root/ansible/lib/ansible/plugins/lookup/items.py", line 26, in run
    return self._flatten(terms)
TypeError: _flatten() takes exactly 2 arguments (1 given)

fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {"failed": true, "stdout": ""}

Whats the issue here? I'm using the latest git checkout. Is there a better way to approach this?

Answer 1

I think that errors raised because you used file module 2 times in 1 task. You should only use 1 module per task.

In your case, you should use nested loop to create multiple directories and subdirectories.

Example:

---
- hosts: localhost
  tasks:
    - name: test
      file: path=/tmp/{{item.0}}/{{item.1}} state=directory
      with_nested:
        - ['test1', 'test2']
        - ['bin', 'conf']