Thanks! I'm new to Ansible, and just learning.
On Wednesday, May 28, 2014 7:10:24 AM UTC-5, Michael DeHaan wrote:
>
> I don't like suggesting anyone should ever need set_fact, except in cases
> where it's occasionally needed to multiply a variable or something, as in
> most cases Ansible lazy-evaluates variables, and in most cases those
> expressions can just be written in the "vars" section.
>
> I'd do this:
>
> with_dict: defgensrc | default({})
>
> In this case, the dict is empty when it has no value, which means the
> statement is skipped.
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 8:01 AM, James Cammarata
> <[email protected]<javascript:>
> > wrote:
>
>> You migh want to use set_fact on the hosts, when the dict is not defined,
>> to give it some default value instead. As you've noticed, the "when" clause
>> is applied to each item in the loop, so it's evaluated after the with_dict
>> is parsed.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 2:25 PM, Heath Henjum <[email protected]<javascript:>
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I have a task defined as follows:
>>>
>>> - name: copy defgen paramfile
>>> template: src={{ item.key }}.prm.j2 dest={{ ogg_home }}/{{
>>> item.value.pfileloc }}/{{ item.key }}.prm backup=yes
>>> when: defgensrc is defined and oggaction == 'defgensrc'
>>> with_dict: defgensrc
>>>
>>> It is operating on two hosts in a group, but one of the hosts does not
>>> have the dictionary defgensrc defined.
>>>
>>> So, I get this error:
>>>
>>> fatal: [mn-ldvora01.rxhub.net] => with_dict expects a dict
>>>
>>>
>>> Is there a way to conditionally skip this task when the dictionary is
>>> not defined,
>>>
>>> or would it be better to further refine my groups so that the host that
>>> is a "defgensrc" is in a specific child group and the one that is not a
>>> "defgensrc"
>>>
>>> The two hosts are defined in a group called [mn-ogg] because they are
>>> both oracle golden gate servers, but one is the source of "defgen" and the
>>> other is the destination of the results of "defgen".
>>> (not that you probably need to know the details of all that)
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance,
>>> Heath Henjum
>>>
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