Question:
I have the following tasks in a playbook I’m writing (results listed next to the debug statement in <>):
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- debug: var=nrpe_installed.stat.exists - debug: var=force_install - debug: var=plugins_installed.stat.exists - name: Run the prep include: prep.yml when: (nrpe_installed.stat.exists == false or plugins_installed.stat.exists == true or force_install == true) tags: ['prep'] - debug: var=nrpe_installed.stat.exists - debug: var=force_install - debug: var=force_nrpe_install - name: Install NRPE include: install-nrpe.yml when: (nrpe_installed.stat.exists == false or force_install == true or force_nrpe_install == true) tags: ['install_nrpe'] vars: nrpe_url: 'http://url.goes.here' nrpe_md5: 3921ddc598312983f604541784b35a50 nrpe_version: 2.15 nrpe_artifact: nrpe-{{ nrpe_version }}.tar.gz nagios_ip: {{ nagios_ip }} config_dir: /home/ansible/config/ |
And I’m running it with the following command:
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ansible-playbook install.yml -i $invFile --extra-vars="hosts=webservers force_install=True" |
The first include runs, but the second skips with this output:
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skipping: [server1] => {"changed": false, "skip_reason": "Conditional check failed", "skipped": true} |
I’m under the impression that the conditional check should pass for all of them as force_install == true evaluates to true which should make the whole when evaluate to true (since it’s a series of ‘OR’s).
How do I get the when to run when the variables are set appropriately?
Edit:
Changing the second when for the Install NRPE include to the following works, but doesn’t explain why the other one, Run the prep runs appropriately:
Working:
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when: (not nrpe_installed.stat.exists or force_install or force_nrpe_install) |
Also working:
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when: (nrpe_installed.stat.exists == false or plugins_installed.stat.exists == true or force_install == true) |
Not working:
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when: (nrpe_installed.stat.exists == false or force_install == true or force_nrpe_install == true) |
The truncated (duplicates removed) output of that particular section of the play is:
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TASK [debug] ******************************************************************* ok: [server2] => { "nrpe_installed.stat.exists": true } TASK [debug] ******************************************************************* ok: [server2] => { "plugins_installed.stat.exists": true } TASK [debug] ******************************************************************* ok: [server2] => { "force_install": true } TASK [Run the prep] ************************************************************ included: /tasks/nrpe-install/prep.yml for server2, server3, server4, server5, server6, server7 TASK [Prep and configure for installation | Install yum packages] ************** ok: [server6] => (item=[u'gcc', u'glibc', u'glibc-common', u'gd', u'gd-devel', u'make', u'net-snmp', u'openssl-devel', u'unzip', u'tar', u'gzip', u'xinetd']) => {"changed": false, "item": ["gcc", "glibc", "glibc-common", "gd", "gd-devel", "make", "net-snmp", "openssl-devel", "unzip", "tar", "gzip", "xinetd"], "msg": "", "rc": 0, "results": ["gcc-4.1.2-55.el5.x86_64 providing gcc is already installed", "glibc-2.5-123.el5_11.3.i686 providing glibc is already installed", "glibc-common-2.5-123.el5_11.3.x86_64 providing glibc-common is already installed", "gd-2.0.33-9.4.el5_4.2.x86_64 providing gd is already installed", "gd-devel-2.0.33-9.4.el5_4.2.i386 providing gd-devel is already installed", "make-3.81-3.el5.x86_64 providing make is already installed", "net-snmp-5.3.2.2-20.el5.x86_64 providing net-snmp is already installed", "openssl-devel-0.9.8e-40.el5_11.x86_64 providing openssl-devel is already installed", "unzip-5.52-3.el5.x86_64 providing unzip is already installed", "tar-1.15.1-32.el5_8.x86_64 providing tar is already installed", "gzip-1.3.5-13.el5.centos.x86_64 providing gzip is already installed", "xinetd-2.3.14-20.el5_10.x86_64 providing xinetd is already installed"]} TASK [Prep and configure for installation | Make nagios group] ***************** ok: [server2] => {"changed": false, "gid": 20002, "name": "nagios", "state": "present", "system": false} TASK [Prep and configure for installation | Make nagios user] ****************** ok: [server6] => {"append": false, "changed": false, "comment": "User for Nagios NRPE", "group": 20002, "home": "/home/nagios", "move_home": false, "name": "nagios", "shell": "/bin/bash", "state": "present", "uid": 20002} TASK [debug] ******************************************************************* ok: [server2] => { "nrpe_installed.stat.exists": true } TASK [debug] ******************************************************************* ok: [server2] => { "force_install": true } TASK [debug] ******************************************************************* ok: [server2] => { "force_nrpe_install": false } TASK [Install NRPE] ************************************************************ skipping: [server2] => {"changed": false, "skip_reason": "Conditional check failed", "skipped": true} |
Answer:
You need to convert the variable to a boolean:
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force_install|bool == true |
I don’t claim I understand the logic behind it. In python any non-empty string should be truthy. But when directly used in a condition it evaluates to false.
The bool filter then again interprets the strings 'yes', 'on', '1', 'true' (case-insensitive) and 1 as true (see source). Any other string is false.
You might want to also set a default value in case force_install is not defined, since it would result in an undefined variable error:
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force_install|default(false)|bool == true |