Avoid writing same condition to call role or playbook

[Neha Singh]

Hi Team,

I have started working on Ansible from last 2-3 months only, so not able to remember all module by heart. I did setup one env variable (result) and then based on that value I am trying to call the role and playbook is importing. Below is the code for the same

- hosts: all 

gather_facts: yes 

roles: 

 - role: add_post_patch_motd

   when: result.user_input == "YES"

 - role: qradar_install/post_install/python_setup

   when: result.user_input == "YES" 

- import_playbook: iso.yml

  when: result.user_input == "YES"

- import_playbook: post_patch_setup.yml

  when: result.user_input == "YES"

- import_playbook: post_patch_commands.yml

  when: result.user_input == "YES" 

- import_playbook: remove_old_tls.yml

  when: result.user_input == "YES"

Here I am using same when condition to call role and import_playbook, which is somewhat like a duplication of code. I got to know that blocks can be used via task, so cannot used here. Used looping too, but not able to figure out exact way. There is one failed_when parameter, I tried to use it with one role to call, so that if it gets failed, all other statement will get skip, but it doesn't worked for me. I wanted that for result value, other than "YES" it should skip any other statement in playbook.

Could you please help me how to use the same here

[Rowe, Walter P. (Fed)]

https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/playbooks_blocks.html

Place your condition on the entire block.

block:

  - task1:

      ...

  - task2:

      ...

  - taskN:

      ...

when: condition

Walter
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Infrastructure Services, OISM
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