Ansible Academy · Lesson

Run a Task Only when True

Gate tasks on a boolean condition.

Tasks That Decide

Sometimes a task should run only in certain cases. The when keyword gates a task on a condition you choose. 🚦

Add when to any task. If the expression is true, the task runs; if false, Ansible skips it and moves on.

- name: Reboot the box
  ansible.builtin.reboot:
  when: reboot_required