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diff --git a/docsite/rst/playbooks_loops.rst b/docsite/rst/playbooks_loops.rst index 69cecc45d4..383bc481a3 100644 --- a/docsite/rst/playbooks_loops.rst +++ b/docsite/rst/playbooks_loops.rst @@ -573,6 +573,36 @@ As of Ansible 2.1, the `loop_control` option can be used to specify the name of .. note:: If Ansible detects that the current loop is using a variable which has already been defined, it will raise an error to fail the task. +.. versionadded: 2.2 +When using complex data structures for looping the display might get a bit too "busy", this is where the c(label) directive comes to help:: + + - name: create servers + digital_ocean: name={{item.name}} state=present .... + with_items: + - name: server1 + disks: 3gb + ram: 15Gb + netowrk: + nic01: 100Gb + nic02: 10Gb + ... + loop_control: + label: "{{item.name}}" + +This will now display just the 'label' field instead of the whole structure per 'item', it defaults to '"{{item}}"' to display things as usual. + +.. versionadded: 2.2 +Another option to loop control is c(pause), which allows you to control the time (in seconds) between execution of items in a task loop.:: + + # main.yml + - name: create servers, pause 3s before creating next + digital_ocean: name={{item}} state=present .... + with_items: + - server1 + - server2 + loop_control: + pause: 3 + .. _loops_and_includes_2.0: |