What the value of 'now' variable?
On Mon, Mar 26, 2018, 1:01 PM MKPhil <[email protected]> wrote:
> In a playbook, a Variable gets registered even if "when" clause is
> false...Is this a bug?
>
> Consider this playbook
>
> ---
> - name: When test
> gather_facts: false
> hosts: all
> vars:
> now: true
> tasks:
> - name: Get hostname
> shell: hostname
> register: output
> when: now == true
>
>
> - name: Get user
> shell: whoami
> register: output
> when: now != true
>
> - debug:
> var: output
>
>
> What should be the output?
> Logically, I believe it should be the result of the first play:
>
>
> PLAY [When test]
> ****************************************************************************
>
> TASK [Get hostname]
> *************************************************************************
> changed: [localhost]
>
> TASK [debug]
> ********************************************************************************
> ok: [localhost] => {
> "changed": false,
> "output": {
> "changed": true,
> "cmd": "hostname",
> "delta": "0:00:00.003747",
> "end": "2018-03-26 16:55:48.727647",
> "rc": 0,
> "start": "2018-03-26 16:55:48.723900",
> "stderr": "",
> "stderr_lines": [],
> "stdout": "server01",
> "stdout_lines": [
> "server01"
> ]
> }
> }
>
> PLAY RECAP
> ************************************************************************************
> localhost : ok=2 changed=1 unreachable=0 failed=0
>
>
>
> What I actually get is:
>
> PLAY [When test]
> *******************************************************************************
>
> TASK [Get hostname]
> ****************************************************************************
> changed: [localhost]
>
> TASK [Get user]
> ********************************************************************************
> skipping: [localhost]
>
> TASK [debug]
> ***********************************************************************************
> ok: [localhost] => {
> "changed": false,
> "output": {
> "changed": false,
> "skip_reason": "Conditional result was False",
> "skipped": true
> }
> }
>
> PLAY RECAP
> ***************************************************************************************
> localhost : ok=2 changed=1 unreachable=0 failed=0
>
>
> Or am I misunderstanding something?
>
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