Merge pull request #2826 from tgerla/devel

Fix up a couple of references to 'only_if' and change them to 'when'
pull/2827/head
Michael DeHaan 11 years ago
commit 66c52b3308

@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ inside another.
this, consider how you can restructure your playbook to be more
class/role oriented. This is to say you cannot use a 'fact' to
decide what include file to use. All hosts contained within the
play are going to get the same tasks. ('only_if' provides some
play are going to get the same tasks. ('*when*' provides some
ability for hosts to conditionally skip tasks).
Roles

@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ there will be accessible to future tasks::
action: site_facts
- action: command echo {{ my_custom_fact_can_be_used_now }}
One common useful trick with only_if is to key off the changed result of a last command. As an example::
One common useful trick with *when* is to key off the changed result of a last command. As an example::
tasks:
- action: template src=/templates/foo.j2 dest=/etc/foo.conf
@ -700,7 +700,7 @@ Often in a playbook it may be useful to store the result of a given command in a
it later. Use of the command module in this way can in many ways eliminate the need to write site specific facts, for
instance, you could test for the existance of a particular program.
The 'register' keyword decides what variable to save a result in. The resulting variables can be used in templates, action lines, or only_if statements. It looks like this (in an obviously trivial example)::
The 'register' keyword decides what variable to save a result in. The resulting variables can be used in templates, action lines, or *when* statements. It looks like this (in an obviously trivial example)::
- name: test play
hosts: all

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