For conditional roles you should just do this:
- { role: role_1, when: role_1 == 'yes' }
- { role: role_2, when: role_2 == 'yes' }
On Thursday, December 19, 2013 4:59:22 PM UTC-6, Matt Cleveland wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>
> I'm trying to execute roles in a playbook conditionally. The conditions
> are based on command line args as passed through "--extra-vars". I've
> tried several things and none work. Here are a few examples:
>
> - hosts: ec2hosts
> user: ubuntu
> roles:
> - common
> - { role: role_1, when: "{{role_1}} == 'yes'" }
> - { role: role_2, when: "{{role_2}} == 'yes'" }
>
> When I run the above with "role_1=no" in extra-vars the role is still
> executed. Here is the debug output from the above:
>
> TASK: [common | print 2]
> ******************************************************
> <X.X.X.X> ESTABLISH CONNECTION FOR USER: ubuntu
> ok: [X.X.X.X] => {
> "item": "",
> "msg": "role_1_matt no"
> }
>
>
>
>
> - hosts: ec2hosts
> user: ubuntu
> roles:
> - common
> - { role: role_1, when: "{{role_1}} is defined" }
> - { role: role_2, when: "{{role_2}} is defined" }
>
> When I run the above with "role_1" omitted from extra-vars it is still
> run. The debug output from the latter scenario is this:
>
> TASK: [common | print]
> ********************************************************
> <X.X.X>X> ESTABLISH CONNECTION FOR USER: ubuntu
> ok: [X.X.X.X] => {
> "item": "",
> "msg": "role_1_matt {{role_1}}"
> }
>
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated, thanks!
>
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