- hosts: all tasks: - name: Run update-json-file include_role: name: update-json-file vars: update_json_file_name: some/test.json update_json_file_default: foo: bar update_json_file_combine: moo: boo update_json_file_debug: true - name: Run update-json-file again include_role: name: update-json-file vars: update_json_file_name: some/test.json update_json_file_combine: new: content a: - list - of - items update_json_file_debug: true - name: Load resulting merged file slurp: path: 'some/test.json' register: _file - name: Parse merged file set_fact: _config: "{{ _file.content | b64decode | from_json }}" - name: Check output assert: that: - _config['foo'] == 'bar' - _config['moo'] == 'boo' - _config['new'] == 'content' - _config['a'] == ['list', 'of', 'items']