--- - debug: msg="START cli/ping.yaml" - name: expected successful ping ios_ping: &valid_ip dest: '8.8.8.8' register: esp - name: unexpected unsuccessful ping ios_ping: &invalid_ip dest: '10.255.255.250' timeout: 45 register: uup - name: unexpected successful ping ios_ping: <<: *valid_ip state: 'absent' register: usp - name: expected unsuccessful ping ios_ping: <<: *invalid_ip state: 'absent' register: eup - name: assert assert: that: - esp.failed == eup.failed == false - usp.failed == uup.failed == true