Ansible how to split string in newline - ansible

Question

I am running in ansible playbook with:
--extra-vars "log_path=/var/logs/a*.log,/repo/log-events-a*.json,repo/user1/log-events-b*.json"
as comma separated lines, I want the output in filebeat.yml file as
paths:
- /var/logs/a*.log
- /repo/log-events-a*.json
- /repo/user1/log-events-b*.json
I am using jinja2 for filebeat.yml
paths:
- {{ log_path }}
And my ansible file testconfigure.yml is
- hosts: localhost
gather_facts: no
vars:
log_path: "{{ logpath.replace(',', '\n-')}}"
tasks:
- name: a jija test
template:
src: /repo/filebeat/filebeat.j2
dest : /repo/filebeat/filebeat.yml
I am getting the output in filebeat.yml file as:
paths:
- /var/logs/*.log,/repo/log-events-a*.json,/repo/user1/log-events-b*.json
I also tried logpath: "{{ logpath | regex_replace(',', '\n-') }" in my playbook, but still getting same output.
How should I try it?

Answer 1

create a j2 file :
paths:
{% for log in log_path %}
- {{ log }}
{% endfor %}
playbook:
- hosts: localhost
vars:
log_path: "{{ logpath.split(',') }}"
tasks:
- name: templating
template:
src: filebeat.j2
dest: filebeat.yml
and the command to call:
ansible-playbook yourplaybook.yml --extra-vars "logpath=/var/logs/a*.log,/repo/log-events-a*.json,repo/user1/log-events-b*.json
result:
paths:
- /var/logs/a*.log
- /repo/log-events-a*.json
- repo/user1/log-events-b*.json
if you just want to create a var file, no need to template:
- name: create var file
copy:
content: "{{ log_path | to_nice_yaml }}"
dest: filebeat.yml
result:
paths:
- /var/logs/a*.log
- /repo/log-events-a*.json
- repo/user1/log-events-b*.json