How to use an IF Else Statement with Ansible Playbook

[David Foley]

Hi,

Can Someone help with a IF Else Statment within Ansible.

If i Run a a GetStatus Playbook the Register: vminfo outputs the Following:

ok: [localhost] => {

    "vminfo": {

        "changed": false,

        "failed": false,

        "instance": {

            "runtime": {

                "powerState": "poweredOn"

            }

        }

    }

What I'm trying to-do is place this into an if Else Statment

My play book is below

---

    - name: Running Delete Virtual Machine playbook

      hosts: localhost

      gather_facts: false

      connection: local

      tasks:

        - vmware_guest_info:

            hostname: vctst01

            username: 

            password: 

            validate_certs: no

            datacenter: Test

            name: Win10

            schema: "vsphere"

            properties: ["runtime.powerState"]

          delegate_to: localhost

          register: vminfo

        - debug:

            var: vminfo

        {% if vminfo == 'poweredOff' %}

        - name: Deleting

          vmware_guest:

            hostname: vctst01

            username:

            password: 

            validate_certs: no

            cluster: Test

            name: Win10

            state: absent

          delegate_to: localhost

          register: facts

        {% else %}

        - name: Powering Down

          vmware_guest_powerstate::

            validate_certs: no

            hostname: vctst01

            username: 

            password: 

            name: Win10

            state: powered-off

          delegate_to: localhost

          register: deploy

        - name: Deleting Machine

          vmware_guest:

            hostname: vctst01

            username: 

            password: 

            validate_certs: no

            cluster: Test

            name: Win10

            state: absent

          delegate_to: localhost

          register: facts

        {% endif % }

[Davide Scrimieri]

Please, don't do this. Register a variable and use the when condition. 

https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/playbooks_conditionals.html#the-when-statement  

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[David Foley]

HI Davide

 When i use 

    when: vminfo["runtime.powerState"] == "poweredOn"

Im Getting 

fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {"msg": "The conditional check 'vminfo[\"runtime.powerState\"] == \"poweredOn\"' failed. The error was: error while evaluating conditional (vminfo[\"runtime.powerState\"] == \"poweredOn\"): 'dict object' has no attribute 'runtime.powerState'\n\nThe error appears to be in '/srv/ansible/t.yaml': line 20, column 5, but may\nbe elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.\n\nThe offending line appears to be:\n\n\n  - vmware_guest_powerstate:\n    ^ here\n"}

[David Foley]

So i have updated the Script as follows: 

 

---

- hosts: localhost

  gather_facts: false

  tasks:

  - vmware_guest_info:

      hostname: 

      username: 

      password: 

      validate_certs: no

      datacenter: Test

      name: Win10

      schema: "vsphere"

      properties: ["runtime.powerState"]

    delegate_to: localhost

    register: vminfo

  - debug:

      var: vminfo

  - vmware_guest_powerstate:

      validate_certs: no

      hostname: 

      username: 

      password: 

      name: Win10

      state: powered-off

    delegate_to: localhost

    register: deploy

    when: vminfo['powerState'] == "poweredOn"