Vars defined within a yml file not changed

[cmou...@redhat.com]

Hi,

This syntax works to override the var "service_mesh" when we execute this ansible playbook command

 "ansible-playbook -i inventory/cloud_host playbook/post_installation.yml -e service_mesh=true"

but the var is not set to true if thethis var is defined  within a extra_vars.yml file and the following command executed

 "ansible-playbook -i inventory/cloud_host playbook/post_installation.yml -e @extra_vars.yml"

Snapshot of the extra_vars.yml file

---

# Global vars

openshift_node: masters

infra_project: infra

target_platform: local

experimental_features: disable

service_mesh: true

Do I miss something ?

Regards

Charles

[Kai Stian Olstad]

service_mesh=true and service_mesh: true is not the same.
The first one is a the string true and the second one is the boolean value true.

So you should always filter the variable thru the bool filter like so

when: service_mesh | bool == true

Then it will work if service_mesh is a string or a bool.


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Kai Stian Olstad

[Brian Coca]

when: service_mesh | bool

the == is redundant at this point



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Brian Coca

[Kai Stian Olstad]

On Thursday, 22 March 2018 17.30.23 CET Brian Coca wrote:
> when: service_mesh | bool
>
> the == is redundant at this point

I know, but I like reading and using explicit rather than implicit code.

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Kai Stian Olstad

[cmou...@redhat.com]

Many thanks for your help. Problem resolved !