Ansible create directories for each environment -

using below snippet of ansible code, trying create multiple subdirectories per variables stored in vars/main.yml. goal every user per env, attempting create multiple sub folders

eventually, folders should created like

/home/testuser1/subdir1 /home/testuser1/subdir2 /home/testuser2/subdir3/subdir4 /home/testuser2/subdir5/subdir6 /home/testuser3/subdir7 /home/testuser3/subdir8 /home/testuser4 - testuser4 not have subfolders, assume ansible not take action 

playbook file:

--- - hosts: user: test sudo: yes vars_files: - defaults/main.yml  tasks:    - name: create directories each env   file: path="{{ home }}/{{ item.0 }}{{ item.1.name }}/{{item.0.subdir}}" owner="{{ item.0 }}{{ item.1.name }}" group="{{ item.0 }}{{ item.1.name }}" mode=755 state=directory   with_subelements:   - "{{ env }}"   - "{{ userdir }}"   - "{{ subdirs }}" 

vars/main.yml

env: - test - qa  userdir: - name: user1   subdir:   - subdir1   - subdir2 - name: user2   subdirs:   - subdir3/subdir4   - subdir5/subdir6 - name: user3   subdirs:   - subdir7   - subdir8 - name: user4   subdirs:   - [] 

however, after execution of playbook, getting strange error. sure wrong in above code, couldnt move further. appreciate if experts can throw light

task: [create directories each env]         **************************** fatal: [localhost] => subelements lookup expects list of 2 items, first dict or list, , second string  fatal: hosts have failed -- aborting 

as error message tells, with_subelements expects string, not var 2nd element. string must property in each element of first dict/list. more problematic is, 3rd element not supported.

the best loop on users , directories , make environments static, because there no solution have nested loops:

- name: create directories test env   file: path="{{ home }}/test{{ item.0.name }}/{{item.1}}" owner="test{{ item.0.name }}" group="test{{ item.0.name }}" mode=755 state=directory   with_subelements:   - userdir   - subdirs  - name: create directories qa env   file: path="{{ home }}/qa{{ item.0.name }}/{{item.1}}" owner="qa{{ item.0.name }}" group="qa{{ item.0.name }}" mode=755 state=directory   with_subelements:   - userdir   - subdirs 

in ansible 2.0 (again) possible have nested loops using with_items include statement. able this:

- include: create_directories.yml env={{ item }}   with_items: env 

and in file create_directories.yml 1 task:

- name: create directories {{ env }} env   file: path="{{ home }}/{{ env }}{{ item.0.name }}/{{item.1}}" owner="{{ env }}{{ item.0.name }}" group="{{ env }}{{ item.0.name }}" mode=755 state=directory   with_subelements:   - userdir   - subdirs 

i don't know when ansible 2.0 released try code directly github. have v2_final branch, appears devel branch has more recent code.