# Ansible skip depending on output in a loop **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Tags:** windows\ **Created:** [July 14, 2023, 10:29am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-skip-depending-on-output-in-a-loop/38226 "2023-07-14T10:29:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![IbraSami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@IbraSami](https://forum.ansible.com/u/IbraSami)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2023, 10:29am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-skip-depending-on-output-in-a-loop/38226/1 "2023-07-14T10:29:37Z")
Ansible skip depending on output in a loop i am trying to create dhcp scope only if it does not exists, below is what i have tried: - name: Get scopes ansible.windows.win\_shell: Get-DhcpServerv4Scope -ScopeId {{ item.ScopeId }} changed\_when: false register: dhcp with\_items: “{{ dhcp\_scope}}” vars dhcp\_scope: “EndRange”: “172.30.0.254”, “LeaseDuration”: “10:00:00”, “ScopeId”: “172.30.0.0”, “StartRange”: “172.30.0.1”, “SubnetMask”: “255.255.255.0”, “name”: “Office B” dhcp register “msg”: { “changed”: false, “msg”: “All items completed”, “results”: [ { “ansible\_loop\_var”: “item”, “changed”: false, “cmd”: “Get-DhcpServerv4Scope -ScopeId 172.30.0.0”, “delta”: “0:00:01.528935”, “end”: “2023-07-13 21:47:35.792188”, “failed”: false, “item”: { “EndRange”: “172.30.0.254”, “LeaseDuration”: “10:00:00”, “ScopeId”: “172.30.0.0”, “StartRange”: “172.30.0.1”, “SubnetMask”: “255.255.255.0”, “name”: “Office B” }, “rc”: 0, “start”: “2023-07-13 21:47:34.263252”, “stderr”: “”, “stderr\_lines”: , “stdout”: “\r\nScopeId SubnetMask Name State StartRange EndRange LeaseDurat\r\n ion \r\n------- ---------- ---- ----- ---------- -------- ----------\r\n172.30.0.0 255.255.255.0 Office B Active 172.30.0.1 172.30.0.254 10:00:00 \r\n\r\n\r\n”, “stdout\_lines”: [ “”, “ScopeId SubnetMask Name State StartRange EndRange LeaseDurat”, " ion ", “------- ---------- ---- ----- ---------- -------- ----------”, "172.30.0.0 255.255.255.0 Office B Active 172.30.0.1 172.30.0.254 10:00:00 ", “”, “” ] }, { “ansible\_loop\_var”: “item”, “changed”: false, “cmd”: “Get-DhcpServerv4Scope -ScopeId 172.31.0.0”, “delta”: “0:00:01.477053”, “end”: “2023-07-13 21:47:39.577233”, “failed”: false, “item”: { “EndRange”: “172.31.0.254”, “LeaseDuration”: “10:00:00”, “ScopeId”: “172.31.0.0”, “StartRange”: “172.31.0.1”, “SubnetMask”: “255.255.255.0”, “name”: “Office C” }, “rc”: 0, “start”: “2023-07-13 21:47:38.100180”, “stderr”: “”, “stderr\_lines”: , “stdout”: “\r\nScopeId SubnetMask Name State StartRange EndRange LeaseDurat\r\n ion \r\n------- ---------- ---- ----- ---------- -------- ----------\r\n172.31.0.0 255.255.255.0 Office C Active 172.31.0.1 172.31.0.254 8.00:00:00\r\n\r\n\r\n”, “stdout\_lines”: [ “”, “ScopeId SubnetMask Name State StartRange EndRange LeaseDurat”, " ion ", “------- ---------- ---- ----- ---------- -------- ----------”, “172.31.0.0 255.255.255.0 Office C Active 172.31.0.1 172.31.0.254 8.00:00:00”, “”, “” This is working, it is skipping the rc=0 - name: "Evaluate the scopes debug: when: “item.rc == 1” with\_items: “{{ dhcp}}” loop: “{{ dhcp.results }}” but trying to apply it to create the scopes - name: Create DHCP scopes win\_shell: | Add-DhcpServerv4Scope -Name “{{ item.name }}” -StartRange “{{ item.StartRange}}” -EndRange “{{ item.EndRange}}” -SubnetMask “{{ item.SubnetMask}}” with\_items: “{{ dhcp\_scope}}” changed\_when: false when: “item.rc == 1” loop: “{{ dhcp.results }}” It is failing, due to the fact that is not getting the ScopeId, which is normal as the loop is going through the dhcp.results and not with\_items: “{{ dhcp\_scope}}” , how to make it so that it can skip the output that is rc=0 and only when item.rc == 1 ? TASK [Create DHCP scopes] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* fatal: : FAILED! =\> {“msg”: “The task includes an option with an undefined variable. The error was: ‘dict object’ has no attribute ‘ScopeId’\n\nThe error appears to be in ‘/etc/ansible/dhcp\_check.yml’: line 57, column 5, but may\nbe elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.\n\nThe offending line appears to be:\n\n\n - name: Create DHCP scopes\n ^ here\n”} if i change it to: - name: Create DHCP scopes with\_items: “{{ dhcp}}” changed\_when: false when: “item.rc == 1” loop: “{{ dhcp.results }}” ASK [Create DHCP scopes] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* FAILED! =\> {“msg”: “The task includes an option with an undefined variable. The error was: ‘dict object’ has no attribute ‘ScopeId’\n\nThe error appears to be in ‘/etc/ansible/dhcp\_check.yml’: line 57, column 5, but may\nbe elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.\n\nThe offending line appears to be:\n\n\n - name: Create DHCP scopes\n ^ here\n”}. How to make - name: Create DHCP scopes so that it can skip creating the scopes if rc=0 and only when item.rc == 1 ? similar with the debug which skips the scopes that exist? i cant loop over dhcp\_scope it will throw an error: error FAILED! =\> {“msg”: "The conditional check ‘item.rc == 1’ failed. The error was: error while evaluating conditional (item.rc == 1). What i am trying to achieve is run command on the remote host, if the dhcp scope exist i will skip creating it and only creates the one that do not exists.