PingTest.yml

---

- name: Ping sweep play
  hosts: all
  connection: local
  vars_files:
    - ./pinghosts.yml
  

  tasks:
    - name: Ping the hosts
      tags: ping
      eos_command:
        commands:
          - "ping {{ item }}"
      with_items: "{{ pinghosts }}"
      register: pingresult

    - name: Get length of Ping Result output
      tags: ping
      set_fact:
        totalpings: "{{ pingresult.results | length }}"

    - name: Set Fact - Ping Result output length converted to integer
      tags: ping
      set_fact:
        totalpingsint: "{{ totalpings | int - 1 }}"

    - name: Create list of ping iterations
      tags: ping
      set_fact:
        foo: "{{ foo | default([]) + [item | int] }}"
      with_sequence: "start=0 end={{totalpingsint}} stride=1"

    - name: Validate Ping Results
      tags: ping
      assert:
        that:
          - "'{{item.0}}' in pingresult.results[{{item.1}}].stdout[0]"
          - "' 0% packet loss' in pingresult.results[{{item.1}}].stdout[0]"
        fail_msg: "nope, not there"
      with_together:
        - "{{ pinghosts }}"
        - "{{ foo }}"