You can use "group_by" to avoid repeated conditionals.
Select the hosts where something is true and apply roles/tasks to the
dynamically created group.
On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 10:25 AM, Oliver Heinz <
oliver.heinz....@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for pointing this out.
>
> So
> tasks:
> - include:
> "{{ansible_distribution}}{{ansible_distribution_major_version}}.yml"
>
> would expand to
>
> tasks:
> - include: Debian6.yml
> when: ansible_distribution == Debian AND
> ansible_distribution_major_version == 6
>
> - include: Debian7.yml
> when: ansible_distribution == Debian AND
> ansible_distribution_major_version == 7
>
> - include: RedHat5.yml
> when: ansible_distribution == RedHat AND
> ansible_distribution_major_version == 5
>
> - include: RedHat6.yml
> when: ansible_distribution == RedHat AND
> ansible_distribution_major_version == 6
> [...]
>
>
> This is definitely better than putting everything into one file. But I'd
> still like it much more when the single include + fact var worked - this is
> the way that is recommended for working with config templates/files so it
> feels somewhat wrong that it does not work with task includes.
>
>
> Am Donnerstag, 12. Juni 2014 15:29:40 UTC+2 schrieb Serge van Ginderachter:
>
>> This is not possible, as the parsing of the playbooks happens before
>> anything else.
>>
>> The best practice here is to use conditionals on and variables within
>> specific tasks.
>>
>>
>> On 12 June 2014 15:22, Oliver Heinz <oliver.h...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I cannot use facts for include variables. I think it's because the yaml
>>> syntax checker fails (as they don't exits at that time):
>>>
>>> My test play:
>>> ---
>>> - hosts: localhost
>>> gather_facts: true
>>> tasks:
>>> - include: "{{ansible_distribution}}{{ansible_distribution_major_
>>> version}}.yml"
>>>
>>> $ansible-playbook -i hosts -l localhost -C playbooks/test.yml
>>> ERROR: file could not read: /home/heinzoliver/ansible/
>>> branches/heinzoliver/playbooks/{{ansible_distribution}}{{ansible_
>>> distribution_major_version}}.yml
>>>
>>> => it should be /home/heinzoliver/ansible/branches/heinzoliver/
>>> playbooks/Debian7.yml
>>>
>>> My goal is to put the tasks that differ between the distiributions in
>>> seperate task files to avoid having lot's of when-clauses or completely
>>> seperated roles for things that are 90% the same and differ 10% between
>>> dists/dist-versions.
>>> Is there any chance that the facts can be gathered before doing the rest
>>> of the syntax checking? Is it possible to disable the checks? Or am I'm on
>>> the wrong track at all?
>>>
>>> TIA,
>>> Oliver
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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