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=Logical Operators=
=Expressions=
==Logical Operators==
Parentheses can be used in expressions.
Parentheses can be used in expressions.
==<tt>and</tt>==
===<tt>and</tt>===
==<tt>or</tt>==
===<tt>or</tt>===
==<tt>not</tt>==
===<tt>not</tt>===
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- name: "info"
- name: "info"
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     msg: "Java was NOT updated"
     msg: "Java was NOT updated"
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==<tt><</tt>==
===<tt><</tt>===
==<tt><=</tt>==
===<tt><=</tt>===
==<tt>></tt>==
===<tt>></tt>===
==<tt>>=</tt>==
===<tt>>=</tt>===
==<tt>==</tt>==
===<tt>==</tt>===

Revision as of 20:21, 5 July 2021

External

Internal

Overview

Tasks can be conditionally executed based on facts, registered variables or playbook or inventory variables. The conditional is introduced by the task configuration keyword when:.

The variables must not be enclosed in Template:... when used in when: expressions.

- name: Download Amazon Corretto
  get_url:
    url: https://corretto.aws/downloads/latest/amazon-corretto-11-x64-macos-jdk.pkg
    dest: /tmp
  when: java_vendor == "Amazon"
- name: Install Nginx
    apt:
      pkg: nginx
      state: installed
      update_cache: true
    when: ppastable|success
    notify:
     - Start Nginx

Expressions

Logical Operators

Parentheses can be used in expressions.

and

or

not

- name: "info"
  when: not java_updated
  debug:
    msg: "Java was NOT updated"

<

<=

>

>=

==