You cannot use a variable as the name of the var to be registered. It must
be an explicit static string.
See the following info on the structure of registered data when using a
loop:
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/playbooks_loops.html#using-register-with-a-loop
On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 4:59 PM Chris wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Will someone please help me understand why this is not work?
>
> Thanks!
>
> ---
> - hosts: all
> become: yes
> become_method: sudo
> become_user: root
>
> vars:
>
> stat_files:
> - name: stat_var
> stat_path: "/etc/resolv.conf"
>
> tasks:
> - name: "Verify file copy destination"
> stat:
> path: "{{ item.stat_path }}"
> register: "{{ item.name }}"
> with_items:
> - "{{ stat_files }}"
> - debug:
> var: "Found it!"
> when: stat_var.stat.exists
>
>
>
>
>
> k: [hostname] => (item={u'stat_path': u'/etc/resolv.conf', u'name':
> u'stat_var'}) => {
> "changed": false,
> "item": {
> "name": "stat_var",
> "stat_path": "/etc/resolv.conf"
> },
> "stat": {
> "atime": 1537249786.7223341,
> "attr_flags": "",
> "attributes": [],
> "block_size": 4096,
> "blocks": 8,
> "charset": "us-ascii",
> "checksum": "2f01daec7b7a510f0b791c94ee345845f211be18",
> "ctime": 1536990466.4755569,
> "dev": 64768,
> "device_type": 0,
> "executable": false,
> "exists": true,
>
>
>
>
> MSG:
>
> The conditional check 'stat_var.stat.exists' failed. The error was: error
> while evaluating conditional (stat_var.stat.exists): 'stat_var' is undefined
>
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