Variables question - construct file name out of 2 facts

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1

Hi,

Newbie question I suppose…

I have a tasks file inside a role where I want to copy some OS and Arch dependent package - 2 conditionals.

The issue I’m struggling with is to assign the right source file name to the task.

The task:

  • name: Copy the relevant pkg to /var/tmp
    copy: src=my_repo/{{ pkg _name }} dest=/var/tmp/

Now per OS/Arch I need to get the right name of the package
I have different packages for Linux x86 and x86_64 for example, same for Solaris sparc and x86…

I created a var/ main.yml file and thought populating it the the correct file name assignment

What’s the efficient way to get this ok?

Thanks

2

It sounds like you simply need to specify the system facts as the src name. For example, src=my_repo/{{ansible_system}}/{{ansible_architecture}}/{{pkg_name}}, which would work assuming you have your files organized as:

dir:
Linux/
x86/
x86_64/
Solaris:

sparc/
x86_64/

etc.

3

Hi,

Thanks,

What about the package name, if it is different between OS and Arch?

I managed now to include var files based on Ansible facts as their name, Is there a way to use Ansible facts as var names?
Example:

my_pkg_Linux_x86_64: ''package name''

And use ''my_pkg_{{ ansible_system }}_{{ansible_architecture}}'' as the argument to module in a task?

4

Yes, all ansible facts are variables available to be used.