reboot host based on ansible output

[Tony Wong]

I got pb that based on output will say:

reboot required: True

or reboot required: False

if its false how do i skip the reboot on the following task?

[Will McDonald]

You probably need a handler with a changed_when condition.

https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/playbook_guide/playbooks_handlers.html#handlers

https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/playbook_guide/playbooks_error_handling.html#defining-changed

See this discussion:

https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/707238

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[Tony Wong]

can i do something like this instead. using when condition

    - name: Run Esxcli command

      vmware_host_esxcli:

        hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'

        username: '{{ admin}}'

        password: '{{ pass }}'

        esxi_hostname: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"

        validate_certs: no

        cmd: '{{ cmd }}'

      delegate_to: localhost

      register: esxcli_output

 

    - name: Display esxcli output

      debug:

        var: esxcli_output.stdout_lines

 

    - name: Reboot ESXi host

      vmware_host_powerstate:

        hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'

        username: '{{ admin}}'

        password: '{{ pass }}'

        esxi_hostname: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"

        validate_certs: no

        state: reboot-host

      delegate_to: localhost

      when: "esxcli_output.stdout_lines[0] != 'Reboot Required: false'"

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