Ansible Automation

5.

Flow Control and Data Manipulation

5.1.

5.1.1.

The when Statement

5.1.1.1.

5.1.1.2.

Boolean Evaluation

5.1.1.3.

Variable Testing

5.1.2.

Conditional Operators

5.1.2.1.

Comparison Operators

5.1.2.2.

Logical Operators

5.1.2.3.

String Matching

5.1.2.4.

List Membership

5.1.3.

Complex Conditionals

5.1.3.1.

Multiple Conditions

5.1.3.2.

Nested Conditions

5.1.3.3.

Conditional Groups

5.1.4.

Applying Conditionals

5.1.4.1.

Task Conditionals

5.1.4.2.

Play Conditionals

5.1.4.3.

Handler Conditionals

5.2.

5.2.1.

The loop Keyword

5.2.1.1.

Basic Loop Syntax

5.2.1.2.

5.2.1.3.

5.2.2.

5.2.2.1.

5.2.2.2.

List of Dictionaries

5.2.2.3.

5.2.2.4.

Dictionary Loops

5.2.3.

Legacy Loop Keywords

5.2.3.1.

5.2.3.2.

5.2.3.3.

5.2.3.4.

Migration to loop

5.2.4.

5.2.4.1.

5.2.4.2.

5.2.4.3.

5.2.4.4.

5.2.5.

Registering Loop Results

5.2.5.1.

Loop Result Structure

5.2.5.2.

Accessing Loop Results

5.2.5.3.

Conditional Loop Results

5.3.

5.3.1.

Ignoring Errors

5.3.1.1.

ignore_errors Directive

5.3.1.2.

5.3.1.3.

5.3.2.

Custom Failure Conditions

5.3.2.1.

failed_when Directive

5.3.2.2.

Return Code Evaluation

5.3.2.3.

Output Analysis

5.3.3.

Custom Change Conditions

5.3.3.1.

changed_when Directive

5.3.3.2.

Change Detection

5.3.3.3.

Idempotency Control

5.3.4.

Block Error Handling

5.3.4.1.

block Directive

5.3.4.2.

rescue Directive

5.3.4.3.

always Directive

5.3.4.4.

Error Recovery Strategies

5.4.

5.4.1.

Lookup Plugin Syntax

5.4.1.1.

Basic Lookup Usage

5.4.1.2.

Lookup Parameters

5.4.1.3.

5.4.2.

Common Lookup Plugins

5.4.2.1.

5.4.2.2.

5.4.2.3.

5.4.2.4.

password Lookup

5.4.2.5.

5.4.2.6.

template Lookup

5.4.3.

Advanced Lookup Usage

5.4.3.1.

Combining Lookups

5.4.3.2.

Lookup with Variables

5.4.3.3.

Lookup Error Handling

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