Please, don't do this. Register a variable and use the when condition.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/playbooks_conditionals.html#the-when-statement
On Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 12:22 PM David Foley wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Can Someone help with a IF Else Statment within Ansible.
>
> If i Run a a GetStatus Playbook the Register: vminfo outputs the Following:
>
>
> ok: [localhost] => {
> "vminfo": {
> "changed": false,
> "failed": false,
> "instance": {
> "runtime": {
> "powerState": "poweredOn"
> }
> }
> }
>
>
> What I'm trying to-do is place this into an if Else Statment
> My play book is below
>
>
> ---
> - name: Running Delete Virtual Machine playbook
> hosts: localhost
> gather_facts: false
> connection: local
> tasks:
> - vmware_guest_info:
> hostname: vctst01
> username:
> password:
> validate_certs: no
> datacenter: Test
> name: Win10
> schema: "vsphere"
> properties: ["runtime.powerState"]
> delegate_to: localhost
> register: vminfo
> - debug:
> var: vminfo
>
> {% if vminfo == 'poweredOff' %}
>
> - name: Deleting
> vmware_guest:
> hostname: vctst01
> username:
> password:
> validate_certs: no
> cluster: Test
> name: Win10
> state: absent
> delegate_to: localhost
> register: facts
>
> {% else %}
> - name: Powering Down
> vmware_guest_powerstate::
> validate_certs: no
> hostname: vctst01
> username:
> password:
> name: Win10
> state: powered-off
> delegate_to: localhost
> register: deploy
>
> - name: Deleting Machine
> vmware_guest:
> hostname: vctst01
> username:
> password:
> validate_certs: no
> cluster: Test
> name: Win10
> state: absent
> delegate_to: localhost
> register: facts
> {% endif % }
>
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