ansible / ansible.builtin / v2.9.0 / module / assert Asserts given expressions are true | "added in version" 1.5 of ansible.builtin" Authors: Ansible Core Team, Michael DeHaan stableinterface | supported by coreansible.builtin.assert (v2.9.0) — module
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Install with pip install ansible==2.9.0
This module asserts that given expressions are true with an optional custom message.
This module is also supported for Windows targets.
- assert: { that: "ansible_os_family != 'RedHat'" }
- assert: that: - "'foo' in some_command_result.stdout" - number_of_the_counting == 3
- name: After version 2.7 both 'msg' and 'fail_msg' can customize failing assertion message assert: that: - my_param <= 100 - my_param >= 0 fail_msg: "'my_param' must be between 0 and 100" success_msg: "'my_param' is between 0 and 100"
- name: Please use 'msg' when ansible version is smaller than 2.7 assert: that: - my_param <= 100 - my_param >= 0 msg: "'my_param' must be between 0 and 100"
- name: use quiet to avoid verbose output assert: that: - my_param <= 100 - my_param >= 0 quiet: true
that: description: - A list of string expressions of the same form that can be passed to the 'when' statement. required: true type: list quiet: default: false description: - Set this to C(yes) to avoid verbose output. type: bool version_added: '2.8' version_added_collection: ansible.builtin fail_msg: aliases: - msg description: - The customized message used for a failing assertion. - This argument was called 'msg' before Ansible 2.7, now it is renamed to 'fail_msg' with alias 'msg'. type: str version_added: '2.7' version_added_collection: ansible.builtin success_msg: description: - The customized message used for a successful assertion. type: str version_added: '2.7' version_added_collection: ansible.builtin