Hi,
Thanks for your assistance. Please find output for both the playbooks as
you requrested:
*OUTPUT FOR 1ST PLAYBOOK (WORKING ONE):*
TASK [debug]
***************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [R1] => {
"output": {
"ansible_facts": {
"discovered_interpreter_python": "/usr/bin/python"
},
"changed": false,
"deprecations": [
{
"msg": "Distribution Ubuntu 18.04 on host R1 should use
/usr/bin/python3, but is using /usr/bin/python for backward compatibility
with prior Ansible releases. A future Ansible release will default to using
the discovered platform python for this host. See
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.9/reference_appendices/interpreter_discovery.html
for more information",
"version": "2.12"
}
],
*"failed": false,*
* "stdout": [*
* "hostname router28"*
* ],*
* "stdout_lines": [*
* [*
* "hostname router28"*
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*OUTPUT FOR 2ND PLAYBOOK (NON-WORKING ONE):*
PLAY [show hostname]
*******************************************************************************************************************
TASK [configure hostname]
**************************************************************************************************************
[DEPRECATION WARNING]: Distribution Ubuntu 18.04 on host R1 should use
/usr/bin/python3, but is using /usr/bin/python for backward
compatibility with prior Ansible releases. A future Ansible release will
default to using the discovered platform python for this host.
See
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.9/reference_appendices/interpreter_discovery.html
for more information. This feature will be
removed in version 2.12. Deprecation warnings can be disabled by setting
deprecation_warnings=False in ansible.cfg.
changed: [R1]
*TASK [debug]
****************************************************************************************************************************
*fatal: [R1]: FAILED! => {"msg": "The conditional check ''router11' in
output.stdout[0]' failed. The error was: error while evaluating conditional
('router11' in output.stdout[0]): Unable to look up a name or access an
attribute in template string ({% if 'router11' in output.stdout[0] %} True
{% else %} False {% endif %}).\nMake sure your variable name does not
contain invalid characters like '-': argument of type 'AnsibleUndefined' is
not iterable\n\nThe error appears to be in '/root/sample8.yaml': line 15,
column 7, but may\nbe elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax
problem.\n\nThe offending line appears to be:\n\n\n - debug:\n ^
here\n"}*
PLAY RECAP
*****************************************************************************************************************************
R1 : ok=1 changed=1 unreachable=0
failed=1 skipped=0 rescued=0 ignored=0
root@NetworkAutomation-2:~#
On Tuesday, 16 February, 2021 at 1:43:58 pm UTC+5:30 [email protected]
wrote:
> On 2/16/21 9:04 AM, Vikram S wrote:
> > 1st playbook uses ios_command module and gets executed as intended (to
> display the output when hostname of device
> > contains router1).
> >
> > However 2nd playbook uses ios_config module and fails when i use the
> 'when' conditional. Am i do something wrong or is
> > it that 'when' conditional is not supposed to work with ios_config
> module? (please ignore the formatting)
> >
>
> First of all output.stdout is not a list but a string.
>
> Can you provide sample output?
>
> Regards
> Racke
>
> > ---
> >
> > - name: show hostname
> >
> > hosts: R1
> >
> >
> > tasks:
> >
> > - name: show hostname
> >
> > ios_command:
> >
> > commands: "show run | i hostname"
> >
> >
> >
> > register: output
> >
> >
> >
> > - debug:
> >
> > var: output
> >
> > when: "'router1' in output.stdout[0]"
> >
> > -------------------------------------------------
> >
> > ---
> >
> > - name: show hostname
> >
> > hosts: R1
> >
> >
> > tasks:
> >
> > - name: show hostname
> >
> > ios_config:
> >
> > lines:
> >
> > - hostname router1
> >
> >
> >
> > register: output
> >
> >
> >
> > - debug:
> >
> > var: output
> >
> > when: "'router1' in output.stdout[0]"
> >
> > -------------------------------------------------
> >
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