I have a task , want to do something when a specified database is not in postgresql using command "psql --list"
- name: check if db exists tags: ¦ - checkdbexists ¦ - test command: "psql --list" register: dbexists - name: debug dbexist tags: ¦- test ¦- debug ¦- ok debug: var=dbexists.results and the debug message like below TASK [eus-developers : debug dbexist] ********************************************************** ok: [hs053.abc.com] => { "dbexists.results": [ { "_ansible_ignore_errors": null, "_ansible_item_result": true, "_ansible_no_log": false, "changed": false, "item": { "dhome": "/home/changch/D", "name": "changch", "nb": "hc75.abc.com", "neohome": "/home/changch/D/eus", "ve": "/home/changch/D/eus/.ve", "ws": "hs055.abc.com" }, "skip_reason": "Conditional result was False", "skipped": true }, { "_ansible_ignore_errors":, "_ansible_item_result": true, "_ansible_no_log": false, "changed": false, "item": { "dhome": "/home/changp/D", "name": "changp", "nb": "hc77.abc.com", "neohome": "/home/changp/D/eus", "ve": "/home/changp/D/eus/.ve", "ws": "hs051.abc.com" }, "skip_reason": "Conditional result was False", "skipped": true }, { "_ansible_ignore_errors": null, "_ansible_item_result": true, "_ansible_no_log": false, "_ansible_parsed": true, "changed": true, "cmd": [ "psql", "--list" ], "delta": "0:00:00.051539", "end": "2018-09-14 22:32:10.953211", "failed": false, "invocation": { "module_args": { "_raw_params": "psql --list", "_uses_shell": false, "chdir": null, "creates": null, "executable": null, "removes": null, "stdin": null, "warn": true } }, "item": { "dhome": "/home/um/D", "name": "um", "nb": "hc79.abc.com", "neohome": "/home/um/D/eus", "ve": "/home/um/D/eus/.ve", "ws": "hs053.abc.com" }, "rc": 0, "start": "2018-09-14 22:32:10. 901672", "stderr": "", "stderr_lines": [], "stdout": " List of databases\n Name | Owner | E ncoding | Collate | Ctype | Access privileges \n-----------+----------+----------+-------------+-------------+-----------------------\n postgres | postgres | UTF8 | en_US.UTF-8 | en_US.UTF-8 | \n template0 | postgres | UTF8 | en_US.UTF- 8 | en_US.UTF-8 | =c/postgres +\n | | | | | postgres=CTc/postgres\n template1 | postgres | UTF8 | en_US.UTF-8 | en_US.UTF-8 | =c/postgres +\n | | | | | postgres=CTc/postgres\n(3 rows)", "stdout_lines": [ " List of databases", " Name | Owner | Encoding | Collate | Ctype | Access privileges ", "-----------+----------+----------+-------------+-------------+---------------------- -", " postgres | postgres | UTF8 | en_US.UTF-8 | en_US.UTF-8 | ", " template0 | postgres | UTF8 | en_US.UTF-8 | en_US.UTF-8 | =c/ I first try using stdout_lines - name: debug dbexist tags: ¦- test ¦- debug ¦- ok debug: #var=dbexists.results ¦msg: "{{ item.stdout_lines }}" with_items: "{{dbexists.results}}" the error is no such attr FAILED! => {"msg": "The task includes an option with an undefined variable. The error was: 'dict object' has no attribute 'stdout_lines'\n\nThe error appears to have been in 'developers/tasks/main.yml': line 150, column 3, but may\nbe elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.\n\nThe offending line appears to be:\n\n\n- name: debug dbexist\n ^ here\n"} and I try item.rc / item.start / item.stdou , all no luck ! Can anybody please help ? any suggestions ? thanks ! -- 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 ansible-project+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to ansible-project@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/30f79f6d-d426-494c-a294-53f1a31cb39f%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.