Ansible register check_path and used it in with_dict loop - ansible

Question

I have a following hash/dict structure of sites:
sites:
example.com:
site: example.com
mail: info#example.com
site_alias: www.example.com
example.fi:
site: example.fi
mail: info#example.fi
site_alias: example.fi
...
I register a value for every site, if there is also a folder for it. Print the result.
name: "Check if path already exists so it is the first time."
stat: path={{ cert_files }}/{{ item.value.site }}
register: check_path
with_dict: "{{ sites }}"
debug: var=check_path.results
# No need to print the whole dictionary, all results are already there.
# with_dict: "{{ sites }}"
So I get something like:
TASK [letsencrypt : debug] *****************************************************
ok: [78.47.67.114] => (item={'key': u'example.com', 'value': {u'mail': u'mail#example.com', u'site_alias': u'www.example.com', u'site': u'example.com'}}) => {
"check_path.results": [
{
"_ansible_item_result": true,
"_ansible_no_log": false,
"_ansible_parsed": true,
"changed": false,
"invocation": {
"module_args": {
"checksum_algorithm": "sha1",
"follow": false,
"get_checksum": true,
"get_md5": true,
"mime": false,
"path": "/etc/letsencrypt/live/example.com"
},
"module_name": "stat"
},
"item": {
"key": "example.com",
"value": {
"mail": "info#example.com",
"site": "example.com",
"site_alias": "www.example.com"
}
},
"stat": {
"atime": 147869032.3522692,
"ctime": 149636484.0226028,
"dev": 2049,
"executable": true,
"exists": true,
"gid": 0,
"gr_name": "root",
"inode": 15725,
"isblk": false,
"ischr": false,
"isdir": true,
"isfifo": false,
"isgid": false,
"islnk": false,
"isreg": false,
"issock": false,
"isuid": false,
"mode": "0755",
"mtime": 14632684.026028,
"nlink": 2,
"path": "/etc/letsencrypt/live/example.com",
"pw_name": "root",
"readable": true,
"rgrp": true,
"roth": true,
"rusr": true,
"size": 4096,
"uid": 0,
"wgrp": false,
"woth": false,
"writeable": true,
"wusr": true,
"xgrp": true,
"xoth": true,
"xusr": true
}
},
{
"_ansible_item_result": true,
"_ansible_no_log": false,
"_ansible_parsed": true,
"changed": false,
"invocation": {
"module_args": {
"checksum_algorithm": "sha1",
"follow": false,
"get_checksum": true,
"get_md5": true,
"mime": false,
"path": "/etc/letsencrypt/live/example.com"
},
"module_name": "stat"
},
"item": {
"key": "example.fi",
"value": {
"mail": "info#example.fi",
"site": "example.fi",
"site_alias": "www.example.fi"
}
},
"stat": {
"atime": 1493734857.9738503,
"ctime": 1485960159.8090317,
"dev": 2049,
"executable": true,
"exists": true,
How can I the use or get the value "check_path.results.stats.exists" the last value in the next task if I want to iterate again through {{ sites }} ?
I have tried something like this with no success.
- name: Make a certificate the first time.
command: /bin/bash /opt/letsencrypt/letsencrypt-auto certonly -- standalone --email "{{ item.value.mail }}" --agree-tos --keep-until- expiring -d "{{ item.value.site }}" -d "{{ item.value.site_alias }}"
with_items: check_path
when: check_path.results.stat.exists == false
or
- name: Make a certificate the first time.
command: /bin/bash /opt/letsencrypt/letsencrypt-auto certonly standalone --email "{{ item.value.mail }}" --agree-tos --keep-until-expiring -d "{{ item.value.site }}" -d "{{ item.value.site_alias }}"
with_dict: "{{ sites }}"
when: check_path.results.stat.exists == false

Answer 1

You should iterate over result, not over original list:
- name: Make a certificate the first time.
command: /bin/bash /opt/letsencrypt/letsencrypt-auto certonly standalone --email "{{ item.item.value.mail }}" --agree-tos --keep-until-expiring -d "{{ item.item.value.site }}" -d "{{ item.item.value.site_alias }}"
with_items: "{{ check_path.results }}"
when: not item.stat.exists
here item.item is an item of the original list.