Hi Racke,
I have been told the same thing earlier as you said now and i have also
tested. When i give "'Apr 09 2021' in show_flash_packages.stdout[0]", it
seems to check the entire string and not just the first character.
I give the exact when syntax with ios_command module and other modules and
it works and it checks the entire string. Porblem with ios_config module is
that it doesn't even seem to check the 1st character, but it simply seems
to ignore the when conditional itself.
Are you saying that if i were to give it as below, it should work? I will
double check again anyways.....
- name: ADD PACKAGES.CONF AS BOOT STATEMENT WHEN THIS FILE IS UPDATED
ios_config:
lines:
- boot system flash:packages.conf
when:
- "'Apr 09 2021' in show_flash_packages.stdout or
'Apr 10 2021' in show_flash_packages.stdout"
Thanks,
Vikram
On Sunday, 11 April, 2021 at 7:03:17 pm UTC+5:30 brae...@gmail.com wrote:
> On 4/11/21 3:25 PM, Vikram S wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have written the below script to check if packages.conf has been
> updated (by checking it's date) in flash and if so,
> > to set it as boot statement for switch. But ansible does not seem to
> consider the when conditional at all. It sets the
> > boot statement regardless of whether the condition matches or not.
> > But below 'when' syntax works for ios_command module. Should i modify
> the syntax or am i writing it wrong?
> >
> >
> > - name: GATHER PACKAGES.CONF FILE INFO IN FLASH
> > ios_command:
> > commands: "show flash: | i packages.conf"
> >
> > register: show_flash_packages
> >
> > - name: ADD PACKAGES.CONF AS BOOT STATEMENT WHEN THIS FILE IS UPDATED
> > ios_config:
> > lines:
> > - boot system flash:packages.conf
> > when:
> > - "'Apr 09 2021' in show_flash_packages.stdout[0] or
> > 'Apr 10 2021' in show_flash_packages.stdout[0]"
>
> Looks like you confused stdout_lines with stdout.
>
> stdout is a string and so stdout[0] is the first character of stdout.
>
> Regards
> Racke
>
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Vikram
> >
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