How to conditionally include other playbooks?

[Tristan Muntsinger]

I tried this and it isn't working as expected:

test.yml

---
- include: 1.yml
  when: type == '1'
- include: 2.yml
  when: type == '2'

1.yml

---
- name: "1"
  hosts: localhost
  tasks:
    - debug: msg="1"

2.yml

---
- name: "2"
  hosts: localhost
  tasks:
    - debug: msg="2"

Command:

ansible-playbook test.yml -e "type=1"

Output:

PLAY [1] **********************************************************************


GATHERING FACTS ***************************************************************
ok: [localhost]


TASK: [debug msg="1"] *********************************************************
ok: [localhost] => {
    "msg": "1"
}


PLAY [2] **********************************************************************


GATHERING FACTS ***************************************************************
ok: [localhost]


TASK: [debug msg="2"] *********************************************************
ok: [localhost] => {
    "msg": "2"
}


PLAY RECAP ********************************************************************
localhost                  : ok=4    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=0  

-Tristan

[Brian Coca]

playbooks cannot be included conditionally.

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Brian Coca

[Tristan Muntsinger]

Is there an alternative solution to get the behavior I'd like?

-Tristan

[trey perrone]

I've done includes for playbooks based on facts typically OS

- name: include OS specific tasks

  include: "{{ ansible_os_family|lower }}.yml" 

if there was a specifc fact you could use such OS, RAM, CPU, write a custom module to make that fact. I guess at that point why not target machines based on inventory groups. 

-tp

[Brian Coca]

That will work with task includes, not play includes.

 

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Brian Coca