ansible: using with_items with notify handler

Question

I want to pass a variable to a notification handler, but can\'t find anywhere be it here on SO, the docs or the issues in the github repo, how to do it. What I\'m doing is d

Answer 1

Variables in Ansible are global so there is no reason to pass a variable to handler. If you are trying to make a handler parameterized in a way that you are trying to use a variable in the name of a handler you won't be able to do that in Ansible.

What you can do is create a handler that loops over a list of services easily enough, here is a working example that can be tested locally:

- hosts: localhost
  tasks:
  - file:  >
      path=/tmp/{{ item }}
      state=directory
    register: files_created
    with_items:
      - one
      - two
    notify: some_handler

  handlers:
    - name: "some_handler"
      shell: "echo {{ item }} has changed!"
      when: item.changed
      with_items: files_created.results