Ansible Loops & conditions

Question 1

Can you give an example of using “when” condition in playbook?

Answer 1

• name: Install Softwares
  hosts: all
  vars:
  packages:
  - name: nginx
  required: True
  - name: mysql
  required: True
  - name: apache
  required: False
  tasks:
  - name: Install “{{ item.name }}” on Debian
  apt:
  - name: “{{ item.name }}”
  state: present
  when: item.required == True
  loop: {{ packages }}