Ansible ignoring Ubuntu yml file

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Hello Everyone,

I am new to Ansible world. I am just trying to create a small playbook to install apache2 on Debian 7.4 and Ubuntu14.04 servers.
I have defined few variables in two different yml files - Ubuntu.yml and Debian.yml

My problem is that ansible is ignoring everything is Ubuntu.yml and keep reading variables from Debian.yml. I commented out everything in Ubuntu.yml, still my playbook ran fine as Ansible took values from Debian.yml.

This is a part of my playbook.
`

  • include: Ubuntu.yml
    when: ansible_os_family == “Debian” and ansible_distribution == “Ubuntu”

  • include: Debian.yml
    when: ansible_os_family == “Debian” and ansible_distribution == “Debian”
    `

Am I missing anything ?

Regards,
Vikas

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This statement will always be False, I think you want “or”:

ansible_os_family == “Debian” and ansible_distribution == “Ubuntu”

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Hi Michael,

I am not sure how would “or” work (though I have tried and it doesn’t) over here. Generally, statement is true in ‘and’ clause when both the conditions are true, which are true in this case.

root@ansible:~# ansible box92.test.com -m setup | egrep -w 'ansible_os_family|ansible_distribution' "ansible_distribution": "Ubuntu", "ansible_os_family": "Debian", root@ansible:~# root@ansible:~# ansible box93.test.com -m setup | egrep -w 'ansible_os_family|ansible_distribution' "ansible_distribution": "Debian", "ansible_os_family": "Debian", root@ansible:~#

I have two Debian based distros - Ubuntu 14.04 and Debian 7.40

Ideally,

  • include: Ubuntu.yml
    when: ansible_os_family == “Debian” and ansible_distribution == “Ubuntu” (Should pick up vars/Ubuntu.yml)

  • include: Debian.yml
    when: ansible_os_family == “Debian” and ansible_distribution == “Debian” (Should pick up vars/Debian.yml)

I even tried this, but still Ansible pick up variables defined in vars/Debian.yml :frowning:

`

  • include: Ubuntu.yml
    when: ansible_distribution == “Ubuntu”

  • include: Debian.yml
    when: ansible_distribution == “Debian”
    `

Or is it ansible only works with ‘ansible_os_family’ fact.

Is there an alternative to do this ?

Regards,
Vikas

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Hi Michael,

Thanks for your time on this. I got what I was missing. I was including the variable file with ansible_os_family, I should have used ansible_distribution instead. My bad.

This worked like a charm.

include_vars: "{{ ansible_distribution }}.yml"

Regards,
Vikas