Modified playbooks2.rst to include conditional boolean example.

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lwade 11 years ago
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@ -338,8 +338,27 @@ Tip: Sometimes you'll get back a variable that's a string and you'll want to do
- shell: echo "only on Red Hat 6, derivatives, and later" - shell: echo "only on Red Hat 6, derivatives, and later"
when: ansible_os_family == "RedHat" and ansible_lsb.major_release|int >= 6 when: ansible_os_family == "RedHat" and ansible_lsb.major_release|int >= 6
Note the above example requires the lsb_release package on the target host in order to return the ansible_lsb.major_release fact.
Variables defined in the playbooks or inventory can also be used. Variables defined in the playbooks or inventory can also be used.
An example may be the execution of a task based on a variable's boolean value::
vars:
epic: true
Then a conditional execution with action on the boolean value of epic being True::
tasks:
- shell: echo "This certainly is epic!"
when: epic
With a boolean value of False::
tasks:
- shell: echo "This certainly isn't epic!"
when: not epic
If a required variable has not been set, you can skip or fail using Jinja2's If a required variable has not been set, you can skip or fail using Jinja2's
`defined` test. For example:: `defined` test. For example::

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