setting variables depending on other variable value

[fanvalt]

Hello,

I would like to set in my playbook a variable depending on the ansible_user value.

If I set it twice, an error occurs, how can I write it:

vars:

  rep_user: {{ ansible_user }}

  rep_user: /home/{{ ansible_user }}

  when: ansible_user == fval

Si I would test my playbook with the fval ansible_user to deploy in my home directory, and when I will tun it for good, it will deploy on another directory.

Thank you

[Brian Coca]

when: ONLY applies to tasks, for vars use ternary filter.

rep_user: "{{ (ansible_user == fval)|ternary('/home/' + ansible_user, ansible_user) }}"

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Brian Coca

[fanvalt]

Le lundi 23 mai 2016 10:32:22 UTC+2, fanvalt a écrit :

Thank you but when I run the playbook with a debug module to dispay the rep_user variable, I am expecting the /home/fval value but I display the whole instruction:

in my main.yml tasks:

- debug: msg="{{ rep_user }}"

TASK [openhr : debug] **********************************************************

ok: [localhost] => {

    "msg": "{{ (ansible_user == fval)|ternary('/home/' + ansible_user, ansible_user) }} "

[fanvalt]

I did bypass the issue by using a variable that I set previously when testing to /home/fval

When I will test for real, I will set it to {{ ansible_user }}