Apply with_items on multiple tasks

Question

Is it possible to apply a list of items to multiple tasks in an Ansible playbook? To give an example:

- name: download and execute
  hosts: server1
  tasks:
         


        

Answer 1

You have the possibility to define a yaml list in a variables file:

---
myfiles:
- "file1.sh"
- "file2.sh"
...

and then you can use

with_items: "{{ myfiles }}"

in the task.