how can I set a variable then use it within a cmd.run execution

[Dennis Muller]

I am trying to set a variable for a site name, then use that variable within a cmd.run powershell command to test to see if it exists.

I cannot work out the jinja syntax though.

{% set site_url = "ftps-" ~ siteName ~ ".com" %}

{% set site_check = salt['cmd.run']('powershell -Command "(Get-Website | Where-Object { $_.Name -match \\"{{ site_url }}\" } ).Name"') %}

[Dafydd Jones (techneg.it)]

Common misunderstanding - you don't need to use the Jinja brackets {{ }} when you are already in a Jinja statement, just use the variable.

In this case you want to concatenate strings together using ~ to make the complete cmd.run argument. So something like:

'powershell -Command ".....' ~ site_url ~ '....."' but you'll need to take care with the quoting within the strings.

HTH,

Dafydd

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[Dennis Muller]

Great

Thank you