# "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 "transmission_install is sameas true" (boolean not string etc) assert: that: transmission_install is sameas true fail_msg: "PLEASE SET 'transmission_install: True' e.g. IN: /etc/iiab/local_vars.yml" quiet: yes - name: Assert that "transmission_enabled | type_debug == 'bool'" (boolean not string etc) assert: that: transmission_enabled | type_debug == 'bool' fail_msg: "PLEASE GIVE VARIABLE 'transmission_enabled' A PROPER (UNQUOTED) ANSIBLE BOOLEAN VALUE e.g. IN: /etc/iiab/local_vars.yml" quiet: yes - block: - name: Install Transmission if 'transmission_installed' not defined, e.g. in {{ iiab_state_file }} # /etc/iiab/iiab_state.yml include_tasks: install.yml when: transmission_installed is undefined - include_tasks: enable-or-disable.yml - name: Add 'transmission' variable values to {{ iiab_ini_file }} ini_file: path: "{{ iiab_ini_file }}" # /etc/iiab/iiab.ini section: transmission option: "{{ item.option }}" value: "{{ item.value | string }}" with_items: - option: name value: Transmission - option: description value: '"Transmission is a set of lightweight BitTorrent clients (in GUI, CLI and daemon form)."' - option: transmission_install value: "{{ transmission_install }}" - option: transmission_enabled value: "{{ transmission_enabled }}" - option: transmission_download_dir value: "{{ transmission_download_dir }}" - option: transmission_user value: "{{ transmission_user }}" - option: transmission_group value: "{{ transmission_group }}" - option: transmission_http_port value: "{{ transmission_http_port }}" - option: transmission_url value: "{{ transmission_url }}" - option: transmission_peer_port value: "{{ transmission_peer_port }}" - option: transmission_provision value: "{{ transmission_provision }}" - option: transmission_kalite_version value: "{{ transmission_kalite_version }}" - option: transmission_kalite_languages value: "{{ transmission_kalite_languages }}" - option: transmission_username value: "{{ transmission_username }}" # 2020-04-14: better to redact passwords from /etc/iiab/iiab.ini etc, so iiab-diagnostics command doesn't publish these, etc #- option: transmission_password # value: "{{ transmission_password }}" rescue: - name: 'SEE ERROR ABOVE (skip_role_on_error: {{ skip_role_on_error }})' fail: msg: "" when: not skip_role_on_error