You will need to place quotation marks around the value you're comparing to
if it is a string.
This is what worked for me:
- include_vars: /etc/ansible/anusha/hr/vars/main.yml
when: components == "xyz"
On Saturday, November 10, 2018 at 11:00:03 PM UTC-6, anushake...@gmail.com
wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
>
> I am trying to include vars_Files based on a condition but it is getting
> failed. Could somone please help.
>
>
>
> *PLAYBOOK:*
>
> ---
>
> - hosts: all
>
> gather_facts: no
>
> pre_tasks:
>
> - include_vars: /etc/ansible/anusha/hr/vars/main.yml
>
> when: components == xyz
>
>
> *EXECUTION:*
>
> ansible-playbook main.yml -e components=xyz
>
>
> *ERROR:*
>
> FAILED! => {"msg": "The conditional check 'components == XYZ' failed. The
> error was: error while evaluating conditional (components == XYZ):
> 'components' is undefined\n\nThe error appears to have been in
> '/etc/ansible/tesr/xyz/tasks/main.yml': line 6, column 8, but may\nbe
> elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.\n\nThe
> offending line appears to be:\n\n pre_tasks:\n - include_vars:
> /etc/ansible/anusha/hr/vars/main.yml\n ^ here\n"}
>
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