Switch Interface UP then playbook should end with error msg

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Hi all,
I need a help from you guys for writing a play if Switch Interface UP then playbook should end with error msg using when condition. I am kind of new to ansible. So please help me out for writing this task.
Thank you in advance.

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What does your playbook look like?

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  • name: show message if interface is not down
    fail:
    msg: “Interface is not down”
    when: {{ interface }}.operstatus == “up”

will this work?

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Probably not, but you could have tried yourself?

Drop the moustaches as when conditions are already evaluated as jinja

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\- name: show message if interface is not down
  fail:
   msg: "Interface is not down"
  when: \{\{ interface \}\}\.operstatus == "up"

will this work?

Definitely not, that is pulled from thin air if you ask me.

Try that:

         when: vars.get('ansible_' + interface).active

Note:

Gather facts saves the network interface information in separate variables (e.g. ansible_eth0) instead of a dict/list,
so accessing the info for a specific item is a bit awkward.

Regards
          Racke