I'm having the same issue. How can we make this task check if the variable exists before looping ? If we can't use when here, what can we do ?
On Monday, October 20, 2014 at 5:02:25 PM UTC-4, Michael DeHaan wrote: > > The when is evaluated for each step in the loop, not before looping, which > is the source of confusion here. > > On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 6:04 AM, bshbg <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> I have the following two statements which have the same when part. The >> first one is skipped correctly but the second creates an error. It should >> be skipped also. >> >> - debug: var="{{ sites[env].restricted_areas }}" >> when: sites[env].restricted_areas is defined >> >> - template: src="apache/site_credentials" dest="{{ >> apache_vhost_base_path }}/{{ sites[env].server_name }}/conf/{{ >> item.area.internal_name }}" >> with_items: sites[env].restricted_areas | list >> when: sites[env].restricted_areas is defined >> tags: create >> >> >> >> result: >> >> TASK: [website | debug var="{{sites[env].restricted_areas}}"] >> ***************** >> skipping: [TSSDMZPORTAL002] >> >> >> TASK: [website | template src="apache/site_credentials" dest= >> "{{apache_vhost_base_path}}/{{sites[env].server_name}}/conf/{{item.area.internal_name}}" >> ] *** >> fatal: [TSSDMZPORTAL002] => with_items expects a list or a set >> >> >> can someone help me? >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Ansible Project" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <javascript:>. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/eb330a83-d434-4d8f-8022-0f9acafff636%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/eb330a83-d434-4d8f-8022-0f9acafff636%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/e7586ace-55d4-495c-85b4-704d9047d76c%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
