need help in checking if a variable string is in an item string

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1

Here is what I have.

vars/main.yml
host_entries:

tasks/main.yml

2

I apologize for not providing the info below.

version: 2.0.2.0

event:
skipping: [ca-server1] => (item={u’host_aliases’: u’ca-srv-01.example.com ca-srv-01’, u’ip_addr’: u’10.1.1.1’, u’srv_loc’: u’ca’}) => {“changed”: false, “item”: {“host_aliases”: “ca-srv-01.example.com ca-srv-01”, “ip_addr”: “10.1.1.1”, “srv_loc”: “ca”}, “skip_reason”: “Conditional check failed”, “skipped”: true}

Regards,
j

3

vars/main.yml
host_entries:

Here you have host_entries

  - { srv_loc: 'ca', ip_addr: '10.1.1.1', host_aliases:
  'ca-srv-01.example.com ca-srv-01' }
  - { srv_loc: 'ny', ip_addr: '10.2.1.1', host_aliases:
  'ny-srv-01.example.com ny-srv-01' }
  - { srv_loc: 'co', ip_addr: '10.3.1.1', host_aliases:
  'co-srv-01.example.com co-srv-01' }

tasks/main.yml
---

  - name: checking location of server
    raw: 'echo "{{ ansible_hostname }}" | cut -f1 -d"-"'
    register: actual_loc

  - name: adding entries in the hosts file
    lineinfile:
       backup: yes
       create: yes
       dest: /etc/hosts
       group: root
       line: "{{item.ip_addr}} {{item.host_aliases}}"
       mode: 0644
       owner: root
       state: present
    when: ( actual_loc.stdout_lines == item.srv_loc )
    with_items: "{{ hosts_entries }}"

But here you have hosts_entries, so one of them is a typo.

You could lose the raw by doing so in the when
when: ansible_hostname.split('-')[0] == item.srv_loc

4

Thanks, Kai.

You hit the nail on the head. If there is a doc on how to do this string manipulation, please share with me the URL.

Regards,
j

5

I have just picked it up, but I guess it's a Python string method
https://docs.python.org/2.7/library/stdtypes.html?highlight=split#str.split

Maybe all the Python string methods work, hopefully someone else can shed some light on that.

6

Kai,

Thanks. You have been very helpful.

Regards,
j