using when something > variable

[Spiro Mitsialis]

I have a playbook that performs a command on a router and then parses the output.  So far no problem.

I'm then trying to check if any of the variables back from the parser are >=   threshold.  The threshold is defined as a variable in the playbook.  No problem with it.

vars:
  threshold: 90
  tcam_full: False

Although I do not get any error messages the following is never true, even when it should be.  Is there a way to make it work?

   - name: check ACL Mask
     set_fact:
       tcam_full: true
     when: item.acl_mask >= "{{ threshold }}"
     with_items: "{{ tcam.tcam_resources }}"

If I add a threshold manually like below it works fine.  I have several of these statements and would rather not hard code the threshold value

   - name: check ACL Entries
     set_fact:
       tcam_full: true
     when: item.acl_ent >= 90
     with_items:  "{{ tcam.tcam_resources }}"

Finally, I also get a warning message about using jinja2 templates with a when statement.  How should I be doing it? I've had similar messages when checking if a {{ variable }} == something.

[WARNING]: when statements should not include jinja2 templating delimiters

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such as {{ }} or {% %}. Found: item.acl_mask >= "{{ threshold }}"

[Pshem Kowalczyk]

Hi,

inside 'when' all variables are automatically accessible, so you don't have to use brackets. This should work:

when: item.acl_mask >= threshold

kind regards

Pshem

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[Spiro Mitsialis]

Thanks, it worked.