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I want to make an array in ansible where the user can enter items too.

For example :

The user should be able to enter the applications one by one and I want to save the application in an array.

Tried the following playbook but does not work

- hosts: TestServer
 vars_prompt:
 - name: "application_list"
 prompt: "Please specify the applications"
 private: "No"
 loop: 'length'
 tasks:
 - set_fact:
 application_list: "{{ application_lists | default()"
 - name:
 with_items : 'application_lists'
 debug :
 msg: "application_list"

I am very new to ansible please help. Thanks in advance.

If you really need to prompt the user for this information, you could
ask for a comma-delimited list:

- hosts: TestServer
 vars_prompt:
 - name: application_list_csv
 prompt: "Please specify the applications, separated by commas"

And then split it in task into an actual list:

 tasks:
 - set_fact:
 application_list: " application_list_csv.split(',') "

You can then loop over the values using a loop, like this:

 - debug:
 msg: "item"
 loop: "application_list"

Having said that, I still think you're better having the user putting the information into a file, like this:

application_list:
 - app1
 - app2
 - app3

And then including that in your play:

ansible-playbook playbook.yml -e @applist.yml