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assert - Asserts given expressions are true

New in version 1.5.

Synopsis

  • This module asserts that given expressions are true with an optional custom message.
  • This module is also supported for Windows targets.

Parameters

Parameter
Choices/Defaults
Comments
msg
The customized message used for a failing assertion
that
required
A string expression of the same form that can be passed to the 'when' statement
Alternatively, a list of string expressions

Notes

Note

  • This module is also supported for Windows targets.

Examples

- assert: { that: "ansible_os_family != 'RedHat'" }

- assert:
    that:
      - "'foo' in some_command_result.stdout"
      - "number_of_the_counting == 3"

- assert:
    that:
      - "my_param <= 100"
      - "my_param >= 0"
    msg: "'my_param' must be between 0 and 100"

Status

This module is flagged as stableinterface which means that the maintainers for this module guarantee that no backward incompatible interface changes will be made.

Support

For more information about Red Hat’s support of this module, please refer to this Knowledge Base article

Author

  • Ansible Core Team
  • Michael DeHaan

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