How to Use Loops in Ansible Playbook | Linux Today

How to Use Loops in Ansible Playbook

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James Kiarie
May 12, 2020

In the course of executing tasks in Ansible playbook, you might come across some tasks that are repetitive in nature. These are tasks that require you to create multiple plays, something which can be quite tedious. As with any programming language, loops in Ansible provide an easier way of executing repetitive tasks using fewer lines of code in a playbook.

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James Kiarie

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