Ansible: Capture single value from each element in dict - dictionary

Question

I want to extract a list of users created with the following method:
group_vars/users.yml
add_users: "{{ users_all }}"
users_all:
- name: bob
create_home: yes
shell: /bin/bash
password: "{{ bob_user_pass | password_hash('sha512', bob_user_pass_salt) }}"
state: present
- name: jane
create_home: yes
shell: "/bin/bash"
password: "{{ jane_user_pass | password_hash('sha512', jane_user_pass_salt) }}"
state: present
play_create_users.yml
- name: Create Users
ansible.builtin.user:
name: "{{ item.name }}"
create_home: "{{ item.create_home }}"
shell: "{{ item.shell }}"
password: "{{ item.password }}"
state: "{{ item.state }}"
loop: "{{ add_users }}"
register: user_config
user_config
{
- user_config: {
- msg: All items completed
- results: [
- {
- name: bob
- state: present
- move_home: False
- password: NOT_LOGGING_PASSWORD
- changed: False
- home: /home/bob
- shell: /bin/bash
- failed: False
- item: {
- name: bob
- create_home: True
- shell: /bin/bash
- password: $6$xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- state: present
}
- ansible_loop_var: item
}
- {
- name: jane
- state: present
- move_home: False
- password: NOT_LOGGING_PASSWORD
- changed: False
- home: /home/jane
- shell: /bin/bash
- failed: False
- item: {
- name: jane
- create_home: True
- shell: /bin/bash
- password: $6$xxxxxxxxxx
- state: present
}
- ansible_loop_var: item
}
]
- skipped: False
- changed: False
}
}
I can get a single result with:
- debug:
var: user_config['results'][0]['name']
{
- user_config['results'][0]['name']: bob
}
Could anyone assist with a method of getting the list of created usernames? I have tried a few methods of iteration over the "user_config" variable without success.
The idea is to get a list that can be used as a loop value in subsequent tasks.
Cheers.

Answer 1

This answer was provided in a comment by #β.εηοιτ.βε.
Create a new fact containing the list of users.
- name: Create User List
set_fact:
user_list: "{{ user_config.results | map(attribute='name') }}"
Use the new fact in a play.
- name: Print User List
debug:
msg: "{{ user_list }}"
Gives the following result from the example above.
{
- msg: [
- bob
- jane
]
}