Using variables from custom script

[Mikel]

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

[Mikel]

Edit for spelling: Playbook

[Mikel]

Bump?

[Sam Doran]

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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