# Ansible changed\_when syntax help **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Tags:** windows\ **Created:** [April 24, 2022, 6:37pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-changed-when-syntax-help/36557 "2022-04-24T18:37:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nitrous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/dfb087/32.png) [@Nitrous](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Nitrous)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2022, 6:37pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-changed-when-syntax-help/36557/1 "2022-04-24T18:37:27Z")
After installing a software on the remote machine, and registering the task called “register: InstallCSQS” , I did a debug message and got the following: ok: [sqldisktest] =\> { “msg”: { “changed”: true, “failed”: false, “rc”: 0, “stderr”: “”, “stderr\_lines”: , “stdout”: “Installing Qualys and Crowdstrike on SQLDISKTEST\r\nWindows Sensor installed successfully.\r\nQualys installed successfully.\r\n”, “stdout\_lines”: [ “Installing Qualys and Crowdstrike on SQLDISKTEST”, “Windows Sensor installed successfully.”, “Qualys installed successfully.” ] } } But when I add the below condition to my task, it fails: changed\_when: “‘Installing Qualys and Crowdstrike’ not in InstallCSQS.stdout” error: fatal: [sqldisktest]: FAILED! =\> { “changed”: true, “changed\_when\_result”: “The conditional check ‘‘Installing Qualys and Crowdstrike’ not in InstallCSQS.stdout’ failed. The error was: error while evaluating conditional (‘Installing Qualys and Crowdstrike’ not in InstallCSQS.stdout): ‘InstallCSQS’ is undefined”, “checksum”: “ad4eb17ea1feee3bf9fbbf567dba6ce162ce1f0c”, “dest”: “C:\Scripts\WindowsSensor.exe”, “operation”: “file\_copy”, “original\_basename”: “WindowsSensor.exe”, “size”: 52183848, “src”: “/etc/ansible/roles/InstallCSQS/files/WindowsSensor.exe” } playbook below: - name: Copy Crowdstrike Installer ansible.windows.win\_copy: src: /etc/ansible/roles/InstallCSQS/files/WindowsSensor.exe dest: C:\Scripts\WindowsSensor.exe register: InstallCSQS changed\_when: “‘Installing Qualys and Crowdstrike’ not in InstallCSQS.stdout” - name: Copy Qualys Installer ansible.windows.win\_copy: src: /etc/ansible/roles/InstallCSQS/files/QualysCloudAgent.exe dest: C:\Scripts\QualysCloudAgent.exe register: InstallCSQS changed\_when: “‘Installing Qualys and Crowdstrike’ not in InstallCSQS.stdout” # execute PS script, and register the result in the variable named script\_run - name: Install Crowdstrike and Qualys ansible.builtin.script: /etc/ansible/roles/onprembaseline/files/Qualys\_Crowdstrike\_installation.ps1 #register: script\_run register: InstallCSQS changed\_when: “‘Installing Qualys and Crowdstrike’ not in InstallCSQS.stdout” # debugs the stdout\_lines property of the variable named InstallCSQS in above task - debug: msg: “{{InstallCSQS}}” - name: Remove Crowdstrike Installer ansible.windows.win\_file: path: C:\Scripts\WindowsSensor.exe state: absent register: InstallCSQS changed\_when: “‘Installing Qualys and Crowdstrike’ not in InstallCSQS.stdout” - name: Remove Qualys Installer ansible.windows.win\_file: path: C:\Scripts\QualysCloudAgent.exe state: absent register: InstallCSQS changed\_when: “‘Installing Qualys and Crowdstrike’ not in InstallCSQS.stdout” ---
**Author:** ![Dick\_Visser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@Dick\_Visser](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dick_Visser)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2022, 4:15am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-changed-when-syntax-help/36557/2 "2022-04-25T04:15:38Z")
‘register’ is a task level parameter, you should indent it one level less ---
**Author:** ![Nitrous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/dfb087/32.png) [@Nitrous](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Nitrous)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2022, 1:16pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-changed-when-syntax-help/36557/3 "2022-04-25T13:16:46Z")
Thanks, Im pretty new to ansible, so please bear with me. So in my playbook, it calls that role, “InstallCSQS” , and in that role itself, it has tasks in it, as per my original post. Playbook looks like this: - hosts: ‘{{ hostname }}’ gather\_facts: no tasks: - name: Include vars for vcenter include\_vars: file: /etc/ansible/roles/createvm/vars/main.yml name: vcenter vars: ansible\_become\_password: “{{ domain\_password }}” - name: Include vars of server.yaml file include\_vars: file: /etc/ansible/servers/{{ hostname }}.yaml name: server - name: Wait For Connection to Continue wait\_for\_connection: connect\_timeout: 30 - name: Set timezone win\_timezone: timezone: ‘{{ server.timezone }}’ - import\_role: name: InstallCSQS Where would I use I use the register variable? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Dick\_Visser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@Dick\_Visser](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dick_Visser)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2022, 1:23pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-changed-when-syntax-help/36557/4 "2022-04-25T13:23:45Z")
> playbook below: > > - name: Copy Crowdstrike Installer > ansible.windows.win\_copy: > src: /etc/ansible/roles/InstallCSQS/files/WindowsSensor.exe > dest: C:\Scripts\WindowsSensor.exe > register: InstallCSQS This needs to be intended one level less > ``` > changed\_when: "'Installing Qualys and Crowdstrike' not in InstallCSQS\.stdout" > > ``` > > - name: Copy Qualys Installer > ansible.windows.win\_copy: > src: /etc/ansible/roles/InstallCSQS/files/QualysCloudAgent.exe > dest: C:\Scripts\QualysCloudAgent.exe > register: InstallCSQS This needs to be intended one level less > ``` > changed\_when: "'Installing Qualys and Crowdstrike' not in InstallCSQS\.stdout" > > ``` > > # execute PS script, and register the result in the variable named script\_run > - name: Install Crowdstrike and Qualys > ansible.builtin.script: /etc/ansible/roles/onprembaseline/files/Qualys\_Crowdstrike\_installation.ps1 > #register: script\_run > register: InstallCSQS > changed\_when: "'Installing Qualys and Crowdstrike' not in InstallCSQS.stdout" > > # debugs the stdout\_lines property of the variable named InstallCSQS in above task > - debug: > msg: "{{InstallCSQS}}" > > - name: Remove Crowdstrike Installer > ansible.windows.win\_file: > path: C:\Scripts\WindowsSensor.exe > state: absent > register: InstallCSQS This needs to be intended one level less > ``` > changed\_when: "'Installing Qualys and Crowdstrike' not in InstallCSQS\.stdout" > > ``` > > - name: Remove Qualys Installer > ansible.windows.win\_file: > path: C:\Scripts\QualysCloudAgent.exe > state: absent > register: InstallCSQS This needs to be intended one level less ---
**Author:** ![Nitrous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/dfb087/32.png) [@Nitrous](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Nitrous)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2022, 1:30pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-changed-when-syntax-help/36557/5 "2022-04-25T13:30:39Z")
Thanks, when you say “indented one level less”, can you please tell me where it should be located?