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Terraform: using dynamic blocks to add multiple disks on a vsphere_virtual_machine


Categories: Automation

If the Terraform resource you are creating supports multiple dependent entities (e.g. a single VM with multiple disks or networks), but only by adding hardcoded duplicate text blocks, then you should consider Terraform dynamic blocks. For example, if you are creating a vsphere_virtual_machine with two additional data disks, then here is a snippet showing how … Terraform: using dynamic blocks to add multiple disks on a vsphere_virtual_machine

Ansible: implementing a looping block using include_tasks


Categories: Automation

Ansible blocks provide a convenient way to logically group tasks.  So it is unfortunate that native Ansible syntax does not allow looping to be combined with a block.  Consider the simple conditional block below controlled by a variable ‘do_block_logic’: – name: simple block with conditional block: – name: simple block task1 debug: msg=”hello” – name: … Ansible: implementing a looping block using include_tasks