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I am getting a count from powershell command and registering it on variable. I have to use that count in when condition. I have changed it to int before using it in when condition too. Still that task ( mail notification) is getting skipped, eventhough the count is 0 here. Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong here. Below is the code I am executing

      - name: Get message_count
        shell:  echo "{{ (output.stdout | from_json).MessageCount  }}"
        register: message_count   #message_count is Zero here
        delegate_to: localhost
     
      - set_fact:
          countt: "{{ message_count | int}}"

#tried converting to integer before passing to condition using set_fact

      - debug: var=countt
      - name: send mail notification
        mail:
           host: abc.zzzz.net
           port: 25
           from: <noreply@controlnode.com>
           to:
           - abc@xyz.com        

           subject: Test mail sent from core server 
           body: Test mail sent from core server        
        delegate_to: localhost
        when: countt==0
saffron
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  • 1) Display `message_count`. For example `- debug: var=message_count`. You'll see that the output of the shell is stored in `message_count.stdout` (and in `message_count.stdout_lines`). 2) When you set the `countt` properly use it in the condition `when: countt|int == 0`. – Vladimir Botka Aug 16 '20 at 21:15

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here's what I did to make it work:

---
- name: answer serverfault
  hosts: all
  become: yes

  tasks:
    - name: Get message_count
      shell: ls /tmp/empty | wc -l
      register: tmp_count
      delegate_to: localhost
    - debug: var=tmp_count.stdout
    - name: do something else when tmp_count.stdout == 0
      shell: echo "I am doing it"
      delegate_to: localhost
      when: tmp_count.stdout | int == 0

and here's the playbook run result:

ripper@mini-ripper:~/Devel/ansible$ ansip ./test_playbook.yml  -i localhost,

PLAY [answer serverfault] **************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************

TASK [Gathering Facts] ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
[WARNING]: Platform linux on host localhost is using the discovered Python interpreter at /usr/bin/python, but future installation of another Python interpreter could change this. See
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.9/reference_appendices/interpreter_discovery.html for more information.
ok: [localhost]

TASK [Get message_count] ******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
changed: [localhost -> localhost]

TASK [debug] ******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost] => {
    "tmp_count.stdout": "0"
}

TASK [do something else when tmp_count.stdout == 0] ***************************************************************************************************************************************************************
changed: [localhost -> localhost]

PLAY RECAP ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
localhost                  : ok=4    changed=2    unreachable=0    failed=0    skipped=0    rescued=0    ignored=0

so to recap:

  • you should check if the register variable isn't more complex structure - it usually is
  • you don't need another custom fact
  • you need to convert your variable without using {{ }} in when condition
Roman Spiak
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