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Test what vars evalute to true or false in Ansible 2.5
#!/usr/bin/env ansible-playbook
---
- name: Test truthiness
hosts: localhost
gather_facts: False
vars:
truthy_vars:
# TRUE
- True
- 1
- "true"
# FALSE
- "false"
- null
- False
- 0
# ERROR (invalid sytax error stops the loop of the first of these)
- "null"
- "defined string"
# ERROR
# truthy_var_undefined
# FALSE
truthy_var_defined:
tasks:
- name: Test truthy
debug:
msg: "is truthy"
ignore_errors: True # beware, the loo
when: item
loop: "{{ truthy_vars }}"
loop_control:
label: Test {{ item }}
- name: truthy_var_undefined
debug:
when: truthy_var_undefined
ignore_errors: true
- name: truthy_var_defined
debug:
when: truthy_var_defined
- name: Test | default(False)
hosts: localhost
gather_facts: False
vars:
default_pipe_vars:
# TRUE
- True
- 1
- "true"
# beware these:
- "false"
- "null"
- "defined string"
# FALSE
- null
- False
- 0
# FALSE
# default_pipe_undefined
# FALSE
default_pipe_defined:
tasks:
- name: Test | default(False)
debug:
msg: "is not | default(False)"
when: item | default(False)
loop: "{{ default_pipe_vars }}"
loop_control:
label: Test {{ item }}
- name: default_pipe_undefined | default(False)
debug:
when: default_pipe_undefined | default(False)
- name: default_pipe_defined | default(False)
debug:
when: default_pipe_defined | default(False)
- name: Test | bool
hosts: localhost
gather_facts: False
vars:
bool_vars:
# TRUE
- True
- 1
- "true"
# FALSE
- "defined string"
- "null"
- "false"
- null
- False
- 0
# ERROR
# bool_undefined
# FALSE
bool_defined:
tasks:
- name: Test bool parsing
debug:
msg: "parsed as true booleans"
when: item | bool
loop: "{{ bool_vars }}"
loop_control:
label: Test {{ item }}
- name: bool_undefined | bool
debug:
when: bool_undefined | bool
ignore_errors: true
- name: bool_defined var | bool
debug:
when: bool_defined | bool
- name: Test is defined and | bool
hosts: localhost
gather_facts: False
vars:
defined_bool_vars:
# TRUE
- True
- 1
- "true"
# FALSE
- "defined string"
- "null"
- "false"
- null
- False
- 0
# FALSE
# defined_bool_undefined
# FALSE
defined_bool_defined:
tasks:
- name: Test bool parsing
debug:
msg: "parsed as true booleans"
when:
- item is defined
- item | bool
loop: "{{ defined_bool_vars }}"
loop_control:
label: Test {{ item }}
- name: defined_bool_undefined | bool
debug:
when:
- defined_bool_undefined is defined
- defined_bool_undefined | bool
ignore_errors: true
- name: defined_bool_defined var | bool
debug:
when:
- defined_bool_defined is defined
- defined_bool_defined | bool
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