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Aleksander Lipka
Aleksander Lipka

Reputation: 528

Ansible: how to make an if inside if?

I would like to check if the variable in previous task is defined and if it was, what is its value.

In order to do that I have to first check if the variable exists and then later check its value or the task crashes. This is what I have so far (but not as if inside if and obviously not working):

 - name: "Checking other server availbility"
    uri:
      url: http://www.google.pl
      timeout: 5
    register: command_result_2
    when: command_result.status != 200

  - name: "Setting default server"
    command: echo http://www.google.pl
    register: SERVER_PATH
    when: 
      - command_result_2 is defined
      - command_result_2.status == 200

In my code the first task may or may not register a command_result_2 variable.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 105

Answers (1)

techraf
techraf

Reputation: 68469

I'm afraid you are trying to solve a problem with your solution, not your real problem, but here is an answer to the question.

You can use the default filter to return a value when the variable is not defined (in the example below 0 will never equal 200, so the task will run only when command_result_2 is defined and equal to 200):

- name: "Setting default server"
  command: echo http://www.google.pl
  register: SERVER_PATH
  when: command_result_2|default(0) == 200

Please mind that the above task (command: echo + register) makes little sense in Ansible. And even if you used more appropriate set_fact, I have no clue why you'd want to run such a task in the first place.

Upvotes: 2

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