Will it be easier for ansible to recognize pre-defined condition if I put
it in brackets?
vars:
amazon: "yes"
lxc: "no"
is_amazon: (amazon == "yes")
is_lxc: (lxc == "yes")
tasks:
- shell: echo hi 1
when: is_amazon or is_lxc
It would be sad if there is no way to use short syntax like this...
On Tuesday, March 4, 2014 3:34:15 PM UTC+2, Michael DeHaan wrote:
>
> Complex conditionals and or statements are fine.
>
> when: x > 2 or y >3
>
> and complex conditionals are fine as well:
>
> when: (x > 2 or y > 3) and (zebras == 4)
>
> etc
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 8:28 AM, Arie Skliarouk <[email protected]<javascript:>
> > wrote:
>
>> In my scripts I also use "or" expression... How would I do that? And what
>> about the poor souls that want to use complex boolean expression?...
>>
>> --
>> Arie
>>
>>
>> On Tuesday, March 4, 2014 2:49:44 PM UTC+2, Michael DeHaan wrote:
>>
>>> The following tricks are available:
>>>
>>> ---
>>> - hosts: all
>>>
>>> vars:
>>> x: 1
>>> y: 2
>>> alpha: x > 2
>>> beta: y > 3
>>>
>>> tasks:
>>>
>>> - shell: echo hi 1
>>> when: alpha
>>>
>>> - shell: echo hi 2
>>> when:
>>> - alpha
>>> - beta
>>>
>>> Note that 'when: "alpha and beta"' is ambigious to the system, and won't
>>> do what you want, because it has a hard time understanding whether a
>>> variable is a variable expression or a string or not.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 7:11 AM, Arie Skliarouk <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I am migrating ansible from 0.9 to 1.5 and complex when condition don't
>>>> work anymore:
>>>>
>>>> vars:
>>>> not_main: "'$c_main' == 'no'"
>>>> is_main: "'$c_main' == 'yes'"
>>>> not_lxc: "'$lxc' != 'yes'"
>>>>
>>>> tasks:
>>>> # This does not work properly, it is always being applied
>>>> - name: test0.conf
>>>> action: template src=/tmp/test.conf.j2 dest=/tmp/test0.conf
>>>> owner=ops group=ops mode=0444
>>>> when: not_main and not_lxc
>>>> # This works but prints warnings about using ${foo} or $foo. This is
>>>> what I used in the past with ansible 0.9 (with only_if).
>>>> - name: test1.conf
>>>> action: template src=/opt/opsfs/tmp/test.conf.j2
>>>> dest=/tmp/test1.conf owner=ops group=ops mode=0444
>>>> when: $not_main and $not_lxc
>>>> # This works but is longer to type and not as readable as the first
>>>> example
>>>> - name: test2.conf
>>>> action: template src=/opt/opsfs/tmp/test.conf.j2
>>>> dest=/tmp/test2.conf owner=ops group=ops mode=0444
>>>> when: c_main == 'no' and lxc != 'yes'
>>>>
>>>> What is the correct way to use complex when conditions?
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Arie
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