Conditional include.

[Nico K.]

Hi,

main.yml:

- include: somefile.yml
  when: variable is defined

somefile.yml:

- name: do some stuff
  file: path="/x/y/x/application{{ item }}" state=directory
  with_sequence: start="{{variable.start}}" end="{{variable.end}}"
 
Runs into an error when variable is -not- defined, as it seems to include somefile.yml anyway and then complains about it being unable to parse the sequence. (unknown error parsing with_sequence arguments:)
Considering that the include is conditional, why is it even processing the file? I also tried adding the condition to this specific task, that is add the 'when' clause to somefile.yml, however this results in the same error.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Nico

[Serge van Ginderachter]

On 15 July 2014 09:49, Nico K. <nkrab...@gmail.com> wrote:

Considering that the include is conditional, why is it even processing the file? I also tried adding the condition to this specific task, that is add the 'when' clause to somefile.yml, however this results in the same error.

​It's not the include that is conditional. include+when means applying the when on each task in the included file.

Also, the combination of a when and a with loop, means, apply the when to each iterated item.

You'll need to extend your conditional: when variable is defined and variable.start is defined and variable end is defined.​

[Michael DeHaan]

You can use "group_by" if you want something that creates a dynamic group and it will show more concise output.

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