include_vars is your friend. For instance in tasks you can say..
```yaml - include_vars: RedHat6.yml when: ansible_os_family == "RedHat" and ansible_lsb.major_release == "6" - include_vars: RedHat7.yml when: ansible_os_family == "RedHat" and ansible_lsb.major_release == "7" ``` On Thu, Sep 1, 2016 at 10:54 AM, ZillaYT <[email protected]> wrote: > Having a lot of -name/when task blocks is just ugly infrastructure. I have > to think of a better way. There's GOT to be a better way. > > > On Thursday, September 1, 2016 at 1:45:02 PM UTC-4, Kai Stian Olstad wrote: >> >> On 01. sep. 2016 18:02, ZillaYT wrote: >> > I'm writing a role to configure syslog, and of course the service is >> > different between Linux instances. How do I do this in var/main.yml? >> >> The directory must be vars not var. >> >> >> > # pseudo-code in vars/main.yml >> > if Redhat7.x >> > syslog_service: rsyslog >> > else if RedHat6.x >> > syslog_service: syslog >> > end >> >> It's not possible, vars/main.yml can only contain variable definitions, >> not logic. >> >> >> > So then I can just do this in tasks/main.yml >> > >> > - name: Ensure syslog is running >> > service: name="{{ syslog_service }}" state=running enabled=yes >> >> You must split it in two tasks. >> ansible_os_family and ansible_lsb.major_release values is probably wrong >> so you need to find the correct ones. >> >> - name: Ensure syslog is running on Redhat 6.x >> service: name=syslog state=running enabled=yes >> when: ansible_os_family == "RedHat" and ansible_lsb.major_release == >> "6" >> >> - name: Ensure syslog is running on Redhat 7.x >> service: name=rsyslog state=running enabled=yes >> when: ansible_os_family == "RedHat" and ansible_lsb.major_release == >> "7" >> >> -- >> Kai Stian Olstad >> > -- > 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/5b1c97fc-2e65-4c7d-a32c-911f1ddeedca%40googlegroups. > com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/5b1c97fc-2e65-4c7d-a32c-911f1ddeedca%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/CAH2deCYnardwwVGVB%3DEzOQNJErJv-mNdV%2BRWoKFpbm%2BmR%3Dx6Ug%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
