Using a role is the way to go here. Yes, you'll need to physically crate the role and use 3 files, but conditionally running the role with a "when" statement is the only way, I think, that you can avoid writing "when: a == b" 10 times.
Why do you need 3 files for your role? You said it was simple, so I think you'd only have one file in the role/tasks folder. On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 9:51 AM, Stephan S. <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > i have a playbook which contains 10 tasks. I want to run those tasks only > if a when clause if filled. > My first approach was to put on every task the when. E.g.: > > > > * - name: My command command: sudo install.... when: a == b* > > The above example worked fine but was not ideal. The second approach was > to use roles. Inside a playbook i declared a role. This role contained a > task list > which was executed only when the 'when' was true. That worked as well but > i needed 3 files for something really simple. > > My question is if i can have just one single playbook, including all 10 > tasks and control all those tasks with one just when clause, > avoid to have always the same when: a == b for every task. > > Thank you > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ansible Project" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/b9e6e451-5566-4126-b2d6-63756869c25e%40googlegroups.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/b9e6e451-5566-4126-b2d6-63756869c25e%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAK6JQEEua2CDwg5N7o6YdSnaTJDmyTAbZpLM7%2BncHBx34cxycA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
