Is there a way to include a task file base on a condition?
Something like:
- include: some_task_file
when: do_that_work == True
What you have above applies that condition to everything in the file. It does not conditionally include a file, and we will NOT do that for architectural reasons.
The better way to do it is use the ‘group_by’ module and start a new play against that dynamically created subgroup, as that will produce more elegant output.
That's a cool idea. So you're suggesting something like:
- name: "define a subgroup based on a variable"
hosts: all
tasks:
- group_by: key=has_foo
when: foo
- name: "run subgroup tasks"
hosts: has_foo
tasks:
- shell: echo "I have foo!"
K
Well, the original example was about grouping on a variables value:
tasks:
- group_by: key=asdf_{{asdf}}
… later in a following play:
hosts: asdf_True
I haven’t tried it with the when but suspect that would work too.
Well, the original example was about grouping on a variables value:
tasks:
- group_by: key=asdf_{{asdf}}
… later in a following play:
hosts: asdf_True
I haven’t tried it with the when but suspect that would work too.
It doesn’t work with when (error while evaluating conditional: {% if foo %} True {% else %} False {% endif %})
Ran kahlil’s example on 1.3.4
This works:
when: foo is defined
The above error happens with:
when: foo