--- - name: Create directory for versionscheck become: true file: path: '/etc/ansible-version' state: directory mode: 0755 when: submodules_versioncheck - name: check playbook version become: true slurp: src: "{{ playbook_version_path }}" register: playbook_version when: submodules_versioncheck ignore_errors: yes - name: Print version debug: msg: "Remote playbook version: '{{ playbook_version.content | default('Y3VycmVudGx5IG5vdCBkZXBsb3llZAo=') | b64decode | string }}'. Local playbook version: '{{ playbook_version_number|string }}'." when: submodules_versioncheck - name: Check if your version is outdated fail: msg: "Your current ansible module has the version '{{ playbook_version_number }}' and is outdated. Please update it at least to version '{{ playbook_version.content | default('Y3VycmVudGx5IG5vdCBkZXBsb3llZAo=') | b64decode }}'!" when: - playbook_version.content|default("Mgo=")|b64decode|int - 1 >= playbook_version_number|int and submodules_versioncheck - name: write new version to remote disk become: true copy: content: "{{ playbook_version_number }}" dest: "{{ playbook_version_path }}" when: submodules_versioncheck