inventory.yml

---
all:
  vars:
    k8s_pods:
    - name: kuard-5-6
      #state: absent
      volumes: 
        - name: "kuard-data"
          volume_type: 'nfs'
          server: "{{ hostvars['k8s-slave1']['ansible_eth1']['ipv4']['address'] }}"
          path: "/home/vagrant"
      containers:
        - name: main
          image: gcr.io/kuar-demo/kuard-amd64:1
          port: 8080
          port_name: http
          port_proto: tcp
          volume_mounts:
            - name: "kuard-data"
              path: "/data"

roles..smiley_k8s..tasks..main.yml

---
- name: Apply pods
  k8s:
    name: "{{ item['name'] }}"
    state: "{{ item['state'] | default('present') }}"
    namespace: "{{ item['namespace'] | default('default') }}"
    force: "{{ item['force'] | default(False) }}"
    definition: |
      {% if 'definition' in item %}
      {{ item['definition'] }}
      {% else %}
      apiVersion: {{ item['api_version'] | default('v1') }}
      kind: Pod
      metadata:
          name: {{ item['name'] }}
      {##}{% if 'labels' in item %}
          labels: {{ item['labels'] | to_json }}
      {##}{% endif %}
      spec:
      {##}{% if 'volumes' in item %}
      {# ----------------------- #}
          volumes:
      {# ----------------------- #}
      {##}{% for volume in item['volumes'] %}
            - name: "{{ volume['name'] }}"

      {#      -------------------- #}
      {#      - emptyDir --------- #}
      {#      -------------------- #}
      {#    #}{% if volume['volume_type'] == 'emptyDir'  %}
              emptyDir: {}
      {#    #}{% endif %}

      {#      -------------------- #}
      {#      - hostPath --------- #}
      {#      - https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/storage/volumes/#hostpath #}
      {#      -------------------- #}
      {#    #}{% if volume['volume_type'] == 'hostPath'  %}
              hostPath:
                path: "{{ volume['path'] }}"
      {#      #}{% if 'type' in volume %}
                type: "{{ volume['type'] }}"
      {#      #}{% endif %}
      {#    #}{% endif %}

      {#      -------------------- #}
      {#      - nfs --------- #}
      {#      -------------------- #}
      {#    #}{% if volume['volume_type'] == 'nfs'  %}
              nfs:
                server: "{{ volume['server'] }}"
                path: "{{ volume['path'] }}"
      {#    #}{% endif %}

      {##}{% endfor %}{# for volume in #}
      {##}{% endif %}{# 'volumes' in item #}


      {# ----------------------- #}
          containers:
      {# ----------------------- #}
      {##}{% for container in item['containers'] %}

          - image: {{ container['image'] }}
            name: "{{ item['name'] }}-{{ container['name'] | default('main') }}"

      {#  #}{% if 'port' in container %}
            ports:
            - containerPort: {{ container['port'] }}
              name: {{ container['port_name'] }}
              protocol: {{ container['port_proto'] | upper }}
      {#  #}{% endif %}

      {#  #}{% if 'liveness_probe' in container %}
            livenessProbe: {{ container['liveness_probe'] | to_json }}
      {#  #}{% endif %}

      {#  #}{% if 'security_context' in container %}
            securityContext: {{ container['security_context'] | to_json }}
      {#  #}{% endif %}

      {#  #}{% if 'command' in container %}
            command: {{ container['command'] | to_json }}
      {#  #}{% endif %}

      {#  #}{% if 'args' in container %}
            args: {{ container['args'] | to_json }}
      {#  #}{% endif %}

      {#  #}{% if 'volume_mounts' in container %}
            volumeMounts:
      {#  #}{% for volume_mount in container['volume_mounts'] %}
              - name: "{{ volume_mount['name'] }}"
                mountPath: "{{ volume_mount['path'] }}"
      {#  #}{% endfor %}
      {#  #}{% endif %}

      {#  #}{% if 'min_cpu' in container or 'min_mem' in container or 'max_cpu' in container or 'max_mem' in container %}
            resources:

      {#    #}{% if 'min_cpu' in container or 'min_mem' in container %}
              requests:

      {#      #}{% if 'min_cpu' in container %}
                cpu: "{{ container['min_cpu'] }}"
      {#      #}{% endif %}

      {#      #}{% if 'min_mem' in container %}
                memory: "{{ container['min_mem'] }}"
      {#      #}{% endif %}
      {#    #}{% endif %}

      {#    #}{% if 'max_cpu' in container or 'max_mem' in container %}
              limits:

      {#      #}{% if 'max_cpu' in container %}
                cpu: "{{ container['max_cpu'] }}"
      {#      #}{% endif %}

      {#      #}{% if 'max_mem' in container %}
                memory: "{{ container['max_mem'] }}"
      {#      #}{% endif %}

      {#    #}{% endif %}
      {#  #}{% endif %}

      {##}{% endfor %}

      {% endif %}
  when: k8s_pods is defined
  loop: "{{ k8s_pods }}"

feels so messy in here