conditionally give value to src of win_copy

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Hi,

  • name: copy_phoenix_folder
    win_copy:
    src: phoenix_x86
    when: “{{ ansible_architecture }} == 32-bit”
    src: phoenix_x64
    when: “{{ ansible_architecture }} == 64-bit”
    dest: c:\

I have written above code but scr will always be set to phoenix_x64, giving below warning

[WARNING]: While constructing a mapping from /etc/ansible/roles/deepak_role/tasks/copy_phoenix_folder.yml, line 3, column 10, found a duplicate dict key (when). Using
last defined value only.

where phoenix_x86 and phoenix_x64 are the folders copied in files folder of role.

Please guide me so that the scr should be set to phoenix_x86 when ansible_architecture is “32-bit” and it should set to phoenix_x64 when ansible_architecture is “64-bit”

Thanks

2

I have not tested but you want to do something like the following:

- set_fact
    win_copy_src_var: phoenix_x86
  when: "{{ ansible_architecture }} == 32-bit"

- set_fact
    win_copy_src_var: phoenix_x64
  when: "{{ ansible_architecture }} == 64-bit"

- name: copy_phoenix_folder
  win_copy:
    src: "{{ win_copy_src_var }}"
    dest: c:\\

There might be better solutions depending on the structure of your playbook.

Thanks,
Martin

3

first, this conditional is wrong:
`when: "{{ ansible_architecture }} == 64-bit"`

should be:
`when: ansible_architecture == "64-bit"

alos you can just do:

src: "{{ (ansible_architecture == '32-bit')|ternary('phoenix_x86',
'phoenix_x64') }}"

4

Hello,

Please try as below:

  • name: copy_phoenix_folder
    win_copy:
    src: “{{ phoenix_x86 if ansible_architecture == 32-bit else phoenix_x64 }}”
    dest: c:\