How to add multiple lines in Ansible

Question

I am trying to add multiple lines to a config file after a match and using the lineinfile but I am finding that the resulting lines are reversed. Here is my playbook:

  - name: Line test
    lineinfile:
      path: /home/vagrant/abcd
      insertafter: '### AFTER THIS LINE'
      line: "{{ item }}"
      state: present
    with_items:
      - '# This is line 1'
      - '# This is line 2'
      - '# This is line 3' 

and here is the result:

### AFTER THIS LINE
# This is line 3
# This is line 2
# This is line 1

My desired result should be:

### AFTER THIS LINE
# This is line 1
# This is line 2
# This is line 3

I understand that the reversal is due to the loop but how can one overcome this without reversing the order of the input? I know there is the blockinfile which puts the block of text as-is but that adds the "ANSIBLE MANAGED BLOCK" markers which I don't want.

Thanks.

Solution

After playing a bit more on this I've discovered that I can do this:

 - name: Line test2
   blockinfile:
     path: /home/vagrant/abcd
     marker: "------"
     insertafter: '### AFTER THIS LINE PART 2'
     state: present
     block: |
       # This is line 1
       # This is line 2
       # This is line 3

Which produces this:

 ### AFTER THIS LINE PART 2
 ------
 # This is line 1
 # This is line 2
 # This is line 3
 ------

Which I think is acceptable for our requirements.

Thanks.

Comments

[techraf]

Don't do it, you don't need to (everyone at some point thought they needed).

[user2700022]

Anyone knows how to achieve this for a Windows host?