# "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 - name: Install Sugarizer if 'sugarizer_installed' not defined, e.g. in {{ iiab_state_file }} # /etc/iiab/iiab_state.yml include_tasks: install.yml when: sugarizer_installed is undefined # Auto-starts mongodb via the requires= line in unit file - name: Enable & Restart 'sugarizer' systemd service, if sugarizer_enabled systemd: name: sugarizer daemon_reload: yes # in case mongodb.service changed, etc enabled: yes state: restarted when: sugarizer_enabled | bool # Stops sugarizer but not mongodb - name: Disable & Stop 'sugarizer' systemd service, if not sugarizer_enabled systemd: name: sugarizer enabled: no state: stopped when: not sugarizer_enabled # Stops mongodb (in the past this would've been called via meta/main.yml) - name: Run mongodb/tasks/enable.yml to stop MongoDB, if not sugarizer_enabled include_tasks: roles/mongodb/tasks/enable.yml when: not sugarizer_enabled - name: Enable/Disable/Restart Apache if primary include_tasks: apache.yml when: not nginx_enabled - name: Enable/Disable/Restart NGINX if primary include_tasks: nginx.yml when: nginx_enabled | bool - name: Add 'sugarizer' variable values to {{ iiab_ini_file }} ini_file: path: "{{ iiab_ini_file }}" # /etc/iiab/iiab.ini section: sugarizer option: "{{ item.option }}" value: "{{ item.value | string }}" with_items: - option: name value: Sugarizer - option: description value: '"The Sugar Learning Platform began with the famous One Laptop Per Child project, written in Python. Sugarizer is the new HTML/JavaScript implementation of Sugar, usable in most all browsers."' - option: sugarizer_enabled value: "{{ sugarizer_enabled }}"