ansible/test/integration/roles/test_template/tasks/main.yml

# test code for the template module
# (c) 2014, Michael DeHaan <michael.dehaan@gmail.com>

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- name: fill in a basic template
  template: src=foo.j2 dest={{output_dir}}/foo.templated mode=0644
  register: template_result

- assert: 
    that: 
        - "'changed' in template_result" 
        - "'dest' in template_result" 
        - "'group' in template_result" 
        - "'gid' in template_result" 
        - "'md5sum' in template_result" 
        - "'owner' in template_result" 
        - "'size' in template_result" 
        - "'src' in template_result" 
        - "'state' in template_result" 
        - "'uid' in template_result" 

- name: verify that the file was marked as changed
  assert: 
    that: 
      - "template_result.changed == true"

# VERIFY CONTENTS

- name: copy known good into place
  copy: src=foo.txt dest={{output_dir}}/foo.txt

- name: compare templated file to known good
  shell: diff {{output_dir}}/foo.templated {{output_dir}}/foo.txt
  register: diff_result

- name: verify templated file matches known good
  assert:  
    that: 
        - 'diff_result.stdout == ""' 
        - "diff_result.rc == 0" 

# VERIFY MODE

- name: set file mode
  file: path={{output_dir}}/foo.templated mode=0644
  register: file_result

- name: ensure file mode did not change
  assert: 
    that: 
      - "file_result.changed != True"