Ansible loops

Ansible provides a number of loops in the playbook, such as standard loops, looping over files, subelements, do-until, and many more. In this section, we will look at two of the most commonly used loop forms, standard loops, and looping over hash values.

Standard loops

Standard loops in playbook are often used to easily perform similar tasks multiple times. The syntax for standard loops is very easy; the variable {{ item }} is the placeholder looping over the with_items list. For example, take a look at the following:

      tasks:
        - name: echo loop items
          command: echo {{ item }}
          with_items: ['r1', 'r2', 'r3', 'r4', 'r5']   

It will loop...