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Ansible ‘When’ Statement: Check If Variable Is…

Check if Ansible variable is defined (exists):

tasks:

- shell: echo "The variable 'foo' is defined: '{{ foo }}'"

  when: foo is defined

- fail: msg="The variable 'bar' is not defined"

  when: bar is undefined

Check if Ansible variable is empty:

tasks:

- fail: msg="The variable 'bar' is empty"

  when: bar|length == 0

- shell: echo "The variable 'foo' is not empty: '{{ foo }}'"

  when: foo|length > 0

Check if Ansible variable is defined and not empty:

tasks:

- shell: echo "The variable 'foo' is defined and not empty"

  when: (foo is defined) and (foo|length > 0)

- fail: msg="The variable 'bar' is not defined or empty"

  when: (bar is not defined) or (bar|length == 0)

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Check if Ansible variable is True or False:

tasks:

- shell: echo "The variable 'foo' is 'True'"

  when: foo|bool == True

- shell: echo "The variable 'bar' is 'False'"

  when: bar|bool == False

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