Standard loops in playbooks are often used to easily perform similar tasks multiple times. The syntax for standard loops is very easy: the {{ item }} variable is the placeholder looping over the with_items list. For example, take a look at the following section in the chapter5_4.yml playbook:
tasks: - name: echo loop items command: echo {{ item }} with_items: ['r1', 'r2', 'r3', 'r4', 'r5']
It will loop over the five list items with the same echo command:
TASK [echo loop items] *********************************************************changed: [192.168.199.185] => (item=r1)changed: [192.168.199.185] => (item=r2)changed: [192.168.199.185] => (item=r3)changed: [192.168.199.185] => (item=r4)changed: [192.168.199.185] => (item=r5) ...
