Error with jinja2 templating for a conditional

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Chris

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Sep 18, 2018, 5:59:28 PM9/18/18

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Hello,

Will someone please help me understand why this is not work?

Thanks!

---

- hosts: all

become: yes

become_method: sudo

become_user: root

vars:

stat_files:

- name: stat_var

stat_path: "/etc/resolv.conf"

tasks:

- name: "Verify file copy destination"

stat:

path: "{{ item.stat_path }}"

with_items:

- "{{ stat_files }}"

- debug:

var: "Found it!"

when: stat_var.stat.exists

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k: [hostname] => (item={u'stat_path': u'/etc/resolv.conf', u'name': u'stat_var'}) => {

"changed": false,

"item": {

"name": "stat_var",

"stat_path": "/etc/resolv.conf"

"stat": {

"atime": 1537249786.7223341,

"attr_flags": "",

"attributes": [],

"block_size": 4096,

"blocks": 8,

"charset": "us-ascii",

"checksum": "2f01daec7b7a510f0b791c94ee345845f211be18",

"ctime": 1536990466.4755569,

"dev": 64768,

"device_type": 0,

"executable": false,

"exists": true,

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MSG:

The conditional check 'stat_var.stat.exists' failed. The error was: error while evaluating conditional (stat_var.stat.exists): 'stat_var' is undefined

Matt Martz

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Sep 18, 2018, 6:57:08 PM9/18/18

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You cannot use a variable as the name of the var to be registered. It must be an explicit static string.

See the following info on the structure of registered data when using a loop:

https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/playbooks_loops.html#using-register-with-a-loop

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