---
# this is a demo of conditional executions using 'only_if', which can skip
# certain tasks on machines/platforms/etc where they do not apply.

- hosts: all
  user: root

  vars:
     favcolor: "red"
     ssn: 8675309

# facter and ohai variables can be used in only_if statements too
# ex:  "$facter_operatingsystem == 'CentOS'", which bubble up automatically
# from the managed machines

  tasks:

     - name: "do this if my favcolor is blue"
       action: shell /bin/false
       only_if: "'$favcolor' == 'blue'"
     
     - name: "do this if my favcolor is red"
       action: shell /bin/false
       only_if: "'$favcolor' == 'red'"