Are these plays run against the same host?
On Mon, 21 Jun 2021 at 19:09, Vikram S <[email protected]> wrote:
> Ansible documentation for set_fact module says "Set cacheable to yes to
> save variables across executions using a fact cache". So my understanding
> is that setting 'cacheable: yes' would make the contents of custom variable
> available across differnt playbooks (as opposed to default behaviour of
> custom variable output being available only for current playbook).
>
> However when i tried to use a custom variable saved in 1 playbook in
> another playbook, it didn't work. So i wonder if my understanding is
> correct? Below is playbook:
>
>
> *PLAYBOOK 1:* I define a custom variable called 'my_name' and save it in
> fact cache using cacheable: yes
>
> tasks:
>
> - name: GATHER INTERFACE INFO
>
> ios_command:
>
> commands: "show ip int brief"
>
>
> register: show_ip
>
>
> - set_fact:
>
> my_name: "{{ show_ip }}"
>
> cacheable: yes
>
>
> *PLAYBOOK 2:* I reference earlier custom variable in 2nd playbook for
> comparison but doesn't work.
>
> tasks:
>
> - name: GATHER INTERFACE INFO AFTER RELOAD
>
> ios_command:
>
> commands: "show ip int brief"
>
>
> register: show_ip_new
>
>
> - assert:
>
> that:
>
> - show_ip.stdout[0] | regex_findall('up') | length ==
> show_ip_new.stdout[0] | regex_findall('up') | length
>
> fail_msg: "THERE IS INTERFACE MISMATCH. PLAYBOOK IS ENDING FOR
> CURRENT HOST."
>
> success_msg: "INTERFACE STATUS MATCHED"
>
> Thanks,
> Vikram
>
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