How to notify a handler when using set_fact module?

[Ivan Godorogea]

Hi,

I am trying to notify a handler in a set_fact task, but it doesn't work.

Is that not implemented or I'm doing it wrong?

Thank you,

Ivan

Here are the code snippets: 

/tasks/main.yml

---

...

- name: Store fact into role variable

  set_fact:

    important_fact: "{{ read_tmpfile_cmd.stdout }}"

  when:

    - "'stdout' in read_tmpfile_cmd"

    - read_tmpfile_cmd.stdout != ''

  notify: fact stored

 /handlers/main.yml

 

---

- name: fact stored

  debug:

    msg: "Important fact: {{ important_fact}}"

[Sergey Baranov]

Hi

 

notify action is triggered when task have made a change on the remote system.

Seems you problem is that set_fact module doesn't make changes on the remote server. Try to use changed_when with set_fact module

 

- name: Store fact into role variable
  set_fact:

    important_fact: "fact"
  changed_when: "important_fact=='fact'"
  notify: fact stored

hope this helps

[Brian Coca]

this shoudl also work:

changed_when: True


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Brian Coca