# "How do i fail a task in Ansible if the variable contains a boolean value? # I want to perform input validation for Ansible playbooks" # https://stackoverflow.com/questions/46664127/how-do-i-fail-a-task-in-ansible-if-the-variable-contains-a-boolean-value-i-want/46667499#46667499 # We assume 0-init/tasks/validate_vars.yml has DEFINITELY been run, so no need # to re-check whether vars are defined here. As Ansible vars cannot be unset: # https://serverfault.com/questions/856729/how-to-destroy-delete-unset-a-variable-value-in-ansible - name: Assert that "sugarizer_install is sameas true" (boolean not string etc) assert: that: sugarizer_install is sameas true fail_msg: "PLEASE SET 'sugarizer_install: True' e.g. IN: /etc/iiab/local_vars.yml" quiet: yes - name: Assert that "sugarizer_enabled | type_debug == 'bool'" (boolean not string etc) assert: that: sugarizer_enabled | type_debug == 'bool' fail_msg: "PLEASE GIVE VARIABLE 'sugarizer_enabled' A PROPER (UNQUOTED) ANSIBLE BOOLEAN VALUE e.g. IN: /etc/iiab/local_vars.yml" quiet: yes # 3 stanzas moved up from install.yml, so Debian-or-any-OS-where-MongoDB-fails # still finish their "BIG-sized" IIAB install: (WITH LOUD RED WARNINGS!) - name: "Set 'mongodb_install: True'" set_fact: mongodb_install: True - name: 'CAUTION: IF ''mongodb.service'' IS STOPPED FOR ANY REASON, IT WILL IMMEDIATELY CAUSE SUGARIZER TO FAIL ("502 Bad Gateway") !' debug: msg: "/etc/systemd/system/sugarizer.service Line 4 'Requires=mongodb.service' tries to auto-start MongoDB every time Sugarizer starts. IIAB (roles/mongodb/tasks/enable-or-disable.yml) tries its best to keep Ansible var 'mongodb_enabled' in sync with its systemd equivalent, i.e. the output of 'systemctl is-enabled mongodb' (as of 2020-10-29 both are typically disabled, unless other apps/services/operators choose to use MongoDB)." - name: MONGODB - run 'mongodb' role (attempt to install MongoDB) include_role: name: mongodb - name: EXIT 'sugarizer' ROLE & CONTINUE, IF 'mongodb_installed is undefined' fail: # FORCE IT RED THIS ONCE! msg: MongoDB INSTALLATION FAILED, perhaps because your OS is Debian 10 on aarch64? Nevertheless IIAB will continue (consider this a warning!) when: mongodb_installed is undefined ignore_errors: yes # ELSE... - name: Install/Enable/Disable/Record Sugarizer (main2.yml) IF 'mongodb_installed is defined' include_tasks: main2.yml when: mongodb_installed is defined # THE block: APPROACH BELOW WORKS JUST LIKE main2.yml ABOVE. # BUT IT VISUALLY POLLUTES: MANY BLUE "skipping:" MESSAGES IN ANSIBLE'S OUTPUT. # - block: # ENTIRE BLOCK CONDITIONED ON 'when: mongodb_installed is defined' # # [MOVED TO main2.yml] # # when: mongodb_installed is defined # CONDITION FOR ENTIRE ABOVE block: