As the guys have mentioned, try removing the {{}}, variables in the when
condition is implicit i think..
On Saturday, May 5, 2018 at 3:25:58 PM UTC+8, Ali Khawaja wrote:
>
> i am trying to set a variable based on the value of a variable in the
> config file but unable to do so.
>
> here's my config file:
>
> sql_ver: "2012" # available sql versions are: 2008 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016
> sp_ver: "2010" # available sp versions are: 2007 | 2010 | 2013 | 2016
>
> sp2k10: en_sharepoint_server_2010_with_service_pack_2_x64_dvd_4178583.iso
> sp2k13: en_sharepoint_server_2013_with_sp1_x64_dvd_3823428.iso
> sp2k16: en_sharepoint_server_2016_x64_dvd_8419458-003.iso
>
> sql2k12:
> en_sql_server_2012_standard_edition_with_service_pack_3_x64_dvd_7286878.iso
> sql2k14:
> en_sql_server_2014_standard_edition_with_service_pack_2_x64_dvd_8961564
> sql2k16: en_sql_server_2016_standard_with_service_pack_1_x64_dvd_9540929
>
> and my ansible file is:
>
> - name: Software Version Selection
> hosts: localhost
> vars_files:
> - testcfg.yml
> gather_facts: false
> tasks:
> - debug:
> msg: "{{sp_ver}}"
>
> - set_fact:
> sp : "{{sp2k10}}"
> when: "{{sp_ver}} == 2010"
>
> sp : "{{sp2k13}}"
> when: "{{sp_ver}} == 2013"
>
> sp : "{{sp2k16}}"
> when: "{{sp_ver}} is match(2016)"
>
> - debug:
> msg: "{{sp}}"
>
> i have tried many things: "{{sp_ver}} == 2010" , "{{sp_ver}}" == 2010,
> "{{sp_ver}}
> is match(2016)" but nothing worked. i dont know why there is a syntax
> error for this: "{{sp_ver}}" is match(2016)
>
> basically what is want is for the selected sp_ver, the proper variable
> gets selected.
>
> Thanks in advance
> Ali
>
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