Ansible - Windows path variable

Question

Is there away to use variables and string together? For example I would like to, define my path's and other options combining variables and string?

#Add Directory
- name: Add Directory
win_file: 
      path: "{{directory_path}}\AppName-{{env}}"
      state: directory

#Add IUSR to directory path
- name: ADD IUSR
win_acl:
      path: "{{directory_path}}\AppName-{{env}}"
      user: IUSR
      rights: Read
      type: allow
      state: present
      propagation: 'NoPropagateInherit'

#Add website
- name: "{{env}} Add App Name"
win_iis_website:
      name: "AppName-{{env}}"
      state: started
      port: 80
      ip: "{{serverip}}"
      hostname: "appname-{{env}}.com"
      application_pool: "{{application_pool4}}"
      physical_path: "{{directory_path}}\AppName-{{env}}"
register: website

Sure there is a simple answer but can't find one at the minute

Answer 1

The declarations of path shall be single-quoted ('). Then the backslash (\) won't be interpreted as an escape character. See Gotchas

The difference between single quotes and double quotes is that in double quotes you can use escapes

    path: '{{ directory_path }}\AppName-{{ env }}'

The indentation of the code is wrong. The correct syntax is below

    tasks:

        #Add Directory
      - name: Add Directory
        win_file:
          path: '{{ directory_path }}\AppName-{{ env }}'
          state: directory

        #Add IUSR to directory path
      - name: ADD IUSR
        win_acl:
          path: '{{ directory_path }}\AppName-{{ env }}'
          user: IUSR
          rights: Read
          type: allow
          state: present
          propagation: 'NoPropagateInherit'

        #Add website
      - name: "{{ env }} Add App Name"
        win_iis_website:
          name: "AppName-{{ env }}"
          state: started
          port: 80
          ip: "{{ serverip }}"
          hostname: "appname-{{ env }}.com"
          application_pool: "{{ application_pool4 }}"
          physical_path: '{{ directory_path }}\AppName-{{ env }}'
        register: website

It's a good idea to test the playbooks with ansible-lint.