I have a task that I would like to conditionally run even in check_mode
(actually I want to set it for an entire role, but I'm seeing the same
behavior in regular tasks).
The idea is that this would NOT run the task:
ansible-playbook always_run.yml --check
And then to actually execute the task in check_mode:
ansible-playbook always_run.yml -e '{"runit":true}' --check
But that's not the behavior I'm seeing. The problem is that alwasy_run
always evaluates to 'true'.
Playbook (I've tried a few different variations. The only one that properly
evaluates always_run is always_run: false):
---
- name: Do cool stuff
hosts: localhost
connection: local
gather_facts: no
vars:
runit: false
tasks:
- name: show runit
debug: var=runit
- name: show stuff
command: whoami
always_run: "runit == true"
#always_run: "{{runit|default(false)}}"
#always_run: "{{runit}}"
#always_run: runit
#always_run: false
register: me
- name: show me
debug: var=me.stdout_lines
Actual Results:
mikeb@mikeb-laptop:~/ansible-test$ ansible-playbook always_run.yml --check
PLAY [Do cool stuff]
***********************************************************
TASK [show runit]
**************************************************************
ok: [localhost] => {
"runit": false
}
TASK [show stuff]
**************************************************************
changed: [localhost]
TASK [show me]
*****************************************************************
ok: [localhost] => {
"me.stdout_lines": [
"mikeb"
]
}
PLAY RECAP
*********************************************************************
localhost : ok=5 changed=2 unreachable=0 failed=0
Expected Results:
mikeb@mikeb-laptop:~/ansible-test$ ansible-playbook always_run.yml --check
PLAY [Do cool stuff]
***********************************************************
TASK [coolrole : show stuff from role]
*****************************************
changed: [localhost]
TASK [show runit]
**************************************************************
ok: [localhost] => {
"runit": false
}
TASK [show stuff]
**************************************************************
skipping: [localhost]
TASK [show me]
*****************************************************************
ok: [localhost] => {
"me.stdout_lines": "VARIABLE IS NOT DEFINED!"
}
PLAY RECAP
*********************************************************************
localhost : ok=4 changed=1 unreachable=0 failed=0
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