--- - name: Include create_users_json.yml import_playbook: create_users_json.yml - name: Test users absent hosts: ipaserver become: true gather_facts: false tasks: - name: Include users.json include_vars: file: users.json - name: Users absent len:{{ users | length }} ipauser: ipaadmin_password: SomeADMINpassword users: "{{ users | json_query('[*].{name: name}') }}" state: absent