1.2 to 1.3 when_failed error

[Phil_Siegrist]

Hi all, There are a few posts going around on this but I’m a wee bit stick

The following example worked on 1.2

• name: “check for gelf download”
  shell: /usr/bin/test -f /opt/mx/bin/logback-gelf-0.9.6p2-jar-with-dependencies.jar
  register: result
  ignore_errors: true

• name: “download gelf”
  shell: cd /opt/mx/bin && wget http://111.111.111.111/files/logback-gelf-0.9.6p2-jar-with-dependencies.jar
  when_failed: $result

After a 1.3 upgrade it throughs the following.

fatal: [rtui-01] => Conditional expression must evaluate to True or False: is_failed($result)

I attempted to replace with when: $result == 0. Received a sad panda with that too. Any clue what I’m doing wrong?

[John_Jarvis]

Instead of "when_failed: $result" you can do something like "when:
result>failed"

see http://www.ansibleworks.com/docs/playbooks_conditionals.html#id10

-John

[Michael_DeHaan2 (Michael DeHaan)]

Yep, when_failed has been deprecated for some time, and this is why it is also not documented.

I suspect you are referencing an old non-AnsibleWorks tutorial or web page post.

1.4 adds lots of deprecation warnings for things like this.

[Phil_Siegrist]

Thanks guys, I was lazy and did not go through the docs again

We’ve managed our platform at MediaCrossing via ansible from day one. Good show to you!