"But due to the fact that you cannot do that with jinja2 variable expansion
and such,"
- set_fact:
foo: "{{ x }}"
The system will preserve complex dict/list types, I haven't tried it with
boolean types recently.
On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 12:25 PM, Matt Martz <[email protected]> wrote:
> If you use the pure YAML complex args way of invoking a module, you can
> make it an actual boolean:
>
> - set_fact:
> foo: False
>
> But due to the fact that you cannot do that with jinja2 variable expansion
> and such, I'd recommend just sticking to using the |bool filter at
> evaluation time. It's more reliable and safer that way.
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 10:31 AM, Michael Peters <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Is there a way to use set_fact to force it to use a real boolean
>> instead of the string? In the real playbook other tasks and includes
>> further down don't care where the var came from and I'd rather not
>> have to alter every boolean to run things through the bool filter just
>> in case the var came from set_fact.
>>
>> I tried
>>
>> - set_fact: foo={{ false }}
>> and
>> - set_fact: foo={{ false | bool }}
>>
>> But neither of those work.
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 11:19 AM, Matt Martz <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > What is happening is that you are effectively setting foo to the string
>> > "false"
>> >
>> > What you likely want to do is:
>> >
>> > when: not foo|bool
>> >
>> >
>> > On Wednesday, August 13, 2014, Michael Peters <
>> [email protected]>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Before I file a ticket, I just want to make sure I'm not doing
>> >> anything wrong. BTW, this is a simplified example to reproduce the
>> >> problem, not what I was actually trying to do. I have this simple
>> >> playbook test.yml:
>> >>
>> >> ---
>> >> - hosts: 127.0.0.1
>> >> connection: local
>> >> tasks:
>> >> - set_fact: foo=false
>> >>
>> >> - command: ls /
>> >> when: not foo
>> >>
>> >> Executed like this:
>> >>
>> >> ansible-playbook -i '127.0.0.1,' test.yml
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Which results in the following output:
>> >> PLAY [127.0.0.1]
>> >> **************************************************************
>> >>
>> >> GATHERING FACTS
>> >> ***************************************************************
>> >> ok: [127.0.0.1]
>> >>
>> >> TASK: [set_fact foo=false]
>> >> ****************************************************
>> >> ok: [127.0.0.1]
>> >>
>> >> TASK: [command ls /]
>> >> **********************************************************
>> >> skipping: [127.0.0.1]
>> >>
>> >> Notice the last task is skipped. So for some reason it's not following
>> >> the logic of the when clause like I'd expect. But the really weird
>> >> thing is that if I change the task to say "when: foo" (reverse the
>> >> logic) I get the same output:
>> >>
>> >> ---
>> >> - hosts: 127.0.0.1
>> >> connection: local
>> >> tasks:
>> >> - set_fact: foo=false
>> >>
>> >> - command: ls /
>> >> when: foo
>> >>
>> >> Executed like this: ansible-playbook -i '127.0.0.1,' test.yml
>> >>
>> >> PLAY [127.0.0.1]
>> >> **************************************************************
>> >>
>> >> GATHERING FACTS
>> >> ***************************************************************
>> >> ok: [127.0.0.1]
>> >>
>> >> TASK: [set_fact foo=false]
>> >> ****************************************************
>> >> ok: [127.0.0.1]
>> >>
>> >> TASK: [command ls /]
>> >> **********************************************************
>> >> skipping: [127.0.0.1]
>> >>
>> >> Same output. So even if something with my logic was wrong (for
>> >> instance set_fact didn't like the literal "false") you would still
>> >> think that taking out the "not" would result in the task being
>> >> executed.
>> >>
>> >> ansible 1.8 (devel 9edf3a749a) last updated 2014/08/13 14:03:10 (GMT
>> +000)
>> >>
>> >> Am I doing something wrong? Or should I file a bug report?
>> >>
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