--- - name: Create Docker network for services docker_network: name: services - name: Deploy services include_tasks: "services/{{ item.service.file }}" loop: "{{ services | dict2items(value_name='service') }}" when: single_service is not defined and item.service.file is defined - name: Deploy single service include_tasks: "services/{{ services[single_service].file }}" when: single_service is defined and single_service in services and services[single_service].file is defined