Ansible check for a file using stat in loop

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I’m using stat module in loop to search for a file when defined.

  • name: Check for .pub file
    stat:
    path: “{{ playbook_dir }}/…/vars/{{ item.name }}.pub”
    loop: “{{ UserAddList.add_users }}”
    register: file_details
    when: item.authorized_keys is defined and item.authorized_keys != “”
    no_log: true

  • name: Fail if .pub key doesn’t exist
    fail:
    msg: ‘{{ item.item.name }} does not have to public key {{ item.item.name }}.pub in the path {{ item.item.authorized_keys }} file’
    when: item.stat.exists == false or item.stat.exists is not defined
    loop_control:
    label: “{{ item.stat }}”
    with_items: “{{ file_details.results }}”

Input file:

add_users:

  • name: test1_123
    group: test123
    password: test1_newcdsaf
    authorized_keys: “{{ playbook_dir }}/…/vars/test1_123.pub”
  • name: test1_1234
    group: test234
    password: test1_newcdsaf
    authorized_keys: “”

My input file will have an user entry with optional authorized keys field

Conditions to fail.

The playbook has to fail when authorized_keys is defined and the .pub key is present on in the location. I’m using stat module to search for the file.

The playbook should not fail when authorized_keys field is empty as it is valid case.

right now my playbook is failing when authorized_keys is empty. This is happening because of the loop.

for the item where the authorized_keys is not defined, I’m seeing the below output.

“skip_reason”: “Conditional result was False”,
“skipped”: true

When authorized_keys is defined.I’m seeing the stat variable in output

“stat”:
“exists”: false

Please provide any suggestions to fix this.
Thank you