diff --git a/docsite/rst/playbooks_conditionals.rst b/docsite/rst/playbooks_conditionals.rst index 24749982266..bdadaf59715 100644 --- a/docsite/rst/playbooks_conditionals.rst +++ b/docsite/rst/playbooks_conditionals.rst @@ -28,6 +28,14 @@ It's actually pretty simple:: command: /sbin/shutdown -t now when: ansible_os_family == "Debian" +You can also use parentheses to group conditions:: + + tasks: + - name: "shutdown CentOS 6 and 7 systems" + command: /sbin/shutdown -t now + when: ansible_distribution == "CentOS" and + (ansible_distribution_major_version == "6" or ansible_distribution_major_version == "7") + A number of Jinja2 "filters" can also be used in when statements, some of which are unique and provided by Ansible. Suppose we want to ignore the error of one statement and then decide to do something conditionally based on success or failure::