Ansible Double Colon in with_items - ansible

Question

The first key of my host_var has a :. Like so,
---
openconfig-vlan:vlans:
vlan:
- vlan-id: '1001'
config:
vlan-id: 1001
name: test22
status: ACTIVE
However, I cannot seem to find a way to escape it so I can loop over the list within vlan.
Playbook
---
- name: Configure Devices via Native
hosts: ios
gather_facts: no
tasks:
- name: Create VLAN
ios_vlan:
vlan_id: "{{ item.config.vlan-id }}"
name: "{{ item.config.name }}"
state: present
with_items: "{{ openconfig-vlan:vlans['vlan'] }}"
Error
TASK [Create VLAN] ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************
fatal: [ios1]: FAILED! => {"msg": "template error while templating string: expected token 'end of print statement', got ':'. String: {{ openconfig-vlan:vlans['vlan'] }}"}
Any ideas? Thanks,

Answer 1

Q: "The first key of my host_var has a :. Like so,"
openconfig-vlan:vlans:
A: There are variables in in host_var no keys. Quoting from Creating valid variable names:
"Variable names should be letters, numbers, and underscores. Variables should always start with a letter."
There is only one idea available. Fix the syntax.
FWIW. For example, include the erroneous host_vars and put it into a valid variable. The play below
- hosts: localhost
tasks:
- include_vars:
file: vars-1-data.yml
name: test_var
- debug:
var: test_var['openconfig-vlan:vlans']
with the data
$ cat vars-1-data.yml
openconfig-vlan:vlans:
vlan:
- vlan-id: '1001'
config:
vlan-id: 1001
name: test22
status: ACTIVE
works as expected
"test_var['openconfig-vlan:vlans']": {
"vlan": [
{
"config": {
"name": "test22",
"status": "ACTIVE",
"vlan-id": 1001
},
"vlan-id": "1001"
}
]
}