Thank you so much for the explanation. I understand it, but am curious as to why "reboot required", without == true or == false, will reboot the server if true is, in fact, returned, and not reboot if false is returned. Does "when" default to true if no argument is explicitly provided?
On Wednesday, September 30, 2015 at 9:38:33 AM UTC-4, Dimitri Yioulos wrote: > > Hello, all. > > With help from the list, I have windows updates working via the rewritten > win_updates module found here > <https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-extras/pull/854>. I'm now > looking for a way to creat a reboot hint based on the return output. > Here's what that output partially looks like when I run the module (using > -v): > > changed: [sawintest02] => {"changed": true, "failed_update_count": 0, > "found_update_count": 23, "installed_update_count": 23, "reboot_required": > true, "updates": {"04f04253-f803-43b8-8b37-6841c614dd9f": {"id": > "04f04253-f803-43b8-8b37-6841c614dd9f", "installed": true, "kb": > ["3084135"], "title": "Security Update for Windows Server 2012 R2 > (KB3084135)"}, ~ > > How would I parse this output to create a hint so that a reboot will be > done if "reboot_required": true, and nothing be done if "reboot_required": > false, > > I'm a terrible programmer, so your help is greatly appreciated. > > Dimitri > -- 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/243a8273-6052-4b23-81ad-ca1d3ceae053%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
