How to create a set of different "provider" values depending on 'ansible_hostname'?

[michael082]

Hello,

I have a simple playbook adding/removing tags:

---
- name: 'Palo Alto PAN OS: Create a new tag object.'
  hosts: all
  connection: local
  gather_facts: true
  collections:
    - paloaltonetworks.panos
    
  pre_tasks:
    - name: Get the system information.
      include_vars: ./vars/provider.yml
      no_log: 'no'

  tasks:  
    - name: Create a tag object.
      when: operation == "create"
      panos_tag_object:
        provider: '{{ provider }}'
        name: '{{ tag_name }}'
        color: '{{ tag_color }}'
        comments: '{{ tag_comment }}'
        
    - name: Remove a tag object.
      when: operation == "remove"
      panos_tag_object:
        provider: '{{ provider }}'
        name: '{{ tag_name }}'
        color: '{{ tag_color }}'
        state: absent

The '/vars/provider.yml' looks like this:

provider:
  ip_address: '2000.iaas.company.com'
  api_key: MY876API9787KEY

I would like to have two more 'provider' values and let the playbook to make a choice depending on the "ansible_hostname" or IP address. I can't figure it out. Can someone help? Maybe there is a better approach?

Regards,

Michael

[gfreeman · Accepted solution]

You need to make a list of provider dicts, then loop over that:

https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/playbooks_loops.html#standard-loops

[michael082]

Thanks. I found out It also possible to use host_vars to separate variables for different hosts.