Using variables from custom script

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Howdy all

I have a playback that I want to run hourly to check for new hosts and I have a script that returns a variable of new and this host gets the yum update and yum reboot and then come around again this host variable is now old...

My question is how can I get this playbook to run the yum update and reboot when the variable returns as new?

If the variable is old then it skips this

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Edit for spelling: Playbook

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Bump?

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Mikel,

You can use the reboot plugin with a conditional to control when the system is rebooted.

`

  • name: Reboot the system
    reboot:
    when: my_yum_variable != ‘new’
    `

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