ansible register with loops - loops

Question

I want to create user and gather their info in local file but with loop register is now working as expected.
I thought it was an indentation problem but no luck.
My playbook
---
- hosts: localhost
tasks:
- name: Clearing Local file
local_action: shell echo "Zone,docode,doname,testuser Output" > user.csv
- hosts: app
tasks:
- name: Creating user Testuser
become: yes
user:
name: "{{ item }}"
state: present
shell: "/bin/bash"
password: "$6$mysecretsalt$qyctTVhRMS1ZSnCuzQNAM8Y7V/yqSEnyRbal0IYXSqSEVKkXF8ZmXBZoRIaN/PvzE/msq8iOJO830OOCG89va/"
update_password: always
groups: santosh
shell: id "{{item}}"
ragister: userout
loop:
- newuser1
- newuser2
- newuser3
- debug:
var=userout
which gives the following error when executed
ERROR! conflicting action statements: shell, user
The error appears to have been in '/home/santosh/ans-home/playbooks/Create_User_and_Gather_output.yml': line 12, column 7, but may
be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.
The offending line appears to be:
- name: Creating user Testuser
^ here

Answer 1

You cannot call several modules in one task, you need to separate each call in its own task, as reported by the error message.
I understand why you tried it: to take advantage of the same loop for several task. Unfortunately this is not possible. You could move your set of tasks to a separate file and include it in a loop if you really have to loop over a significant amount of tasks. This is not really required in your situation because:
you only have two tasks
you can compact writing of your loop by using a declared var for reuse
and most essentially because you don't need your second task
In fact, the user module will return the uid of the user it created or that is existing in its result. You just have to register the result of calling the user module.
Just try the following for your second play:
- name: Resgister application users
hosts: app
vars:
user_list:
- newuser1
- newuser2
- newuser3
tasks:
- name: Create the users if they don't exist
user:
name: "{{ item }}"
state: present
shell: "/bin/bash"
password: "$6$mysecretsalt$qyctTVhRMS1ZSnCuzQNAM8Y7V/yqSEnyRbal0IYXSqSEVKkXF8ZmXBZoRIaN/PvzE/msq8iOJO830OOCG89va/"
update_password: always
groups: santosh
register: create_users
loop: "{{ user_list }}"
- name: Show ids of users
debug:
msg: "The uid of user {{ item.name }} is: {{ item.uid }}"
loop: "{{ create_users.results }}"
And as a side note: for your first play, do yourself a favor and stop using the old local_action syntax in favor of delegate_to: localhost for a task. It is not even required in your case as your are already targeting your play to localhost only.