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Thursday, November 10, 2022

[FIXED] How to include special characters in the 'when' module?

 November 10, 2022     ansible, linux, redhat     No comments   

Issue

The variable error_code below contains this string:

"failed": true

How can I use this string as the trigger for the 'when module? I am not sure how to escape these special characters so the playbook interprets them correctly. Here's what I have tried but it is not working:

  - name: copying index
    copy: 
      src: /tmp/index.html
      dest: /var/www/html/
    notify: reloadone
    register: error_code
  - name: verify content
    fail:
      msg: There has been an error with the index file
    when: " \"failed\"\: true in error_code"
  handlers:
  - name: reloadone
    systemd:
      state: restarted
      name: httpd

Solution

Put the string into the single-guotes, e.g.

- hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: false
  vars:
    error_code: '"failed": true'
  tasks:
    - debug:
        var: error_code
    - name: verify content
      fail:
        msg: There has been an error with the index file
      when: error_code == result
      vars:
        result: '"failed": true'

gives

TASK [debug] ******************************************************
ok: [localhost] => 
  error_code: '"failed": true'

TASK [verify content] *********************************************
fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => changed=false 
  msg: There has been an error with the index file

The next option is to convert the string to a dictionary and test the Boolean value of the attribute failed, e.g.

- hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: false
  vars:
    error_code: '"failed": true'
  tasks:
    - debug:
        var: error_code|from_yaml
    - name: verify content
      fail:
        msg: There has been an error with the index file
      when: result.failed
      vars:
        result: "{{ error_code|from_yaml }}"

gives

TASK [debug] ****************************************************
ok: [localhost] => 
  error_code|from_yaml:
    failed: true

TASK [verify content] *******************************************
fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => changed=false 
  msg: There has been an error with the index file

If the code doesn't fail

    error_code: '"failed": false' 

the condition will be skipped

TASK [debug] *****************************************************
ok: [localhost] => 
  error_code|from_yaml:
    failed: false

TASK [verify content] ********************************************
skipping: [localhost]


Answered By - Vladimir Botka
Answer Checked By - Willingham (PHPFixing Volunteer)
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