# ansible.builtin.assert This module asserts that given expressions are true with an optional custom message ## Parameters | Parameter | Type | Description | | ----------- | --------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | **fail_msg** | string | The customized message used for a failing assertion | | **quiet** | boolean | Set this to `true` to avoid verbose output | | **success_msg** | string | The customized message used for a successful assertion | | **that** | list / elements=string / required | A list of string expressions of the same form that can be passed to the ‘when’ statement | ## Examples ```yaml - ansible.builtin.assert: { that: "ansible_os_family != 'RedHat'" } - ansible.builtin.assert: that: - "'foo' in some_command_result.stdout" - number_of_the_counting == 3 - name: After version 2.7 both 'msg' and 'fail_msg' can customize failing assertion message ansible.builtin.assert: that: - my_param <= 100 - my_param >= 0 fail_msg: "'my_param' must be between 0 and 100" success_msg: "'my_param' is between 0 and 100" - name: Please use 'msg' when ansible version is smaller than 2.7 ansible.builtin.assert: that: - my_param <= 100 - my_param >= 0 msg: "'my_param' must be between 0 and 100" - name: Use quiet to avoid verbose output ansible.builtin.assert: that: - my_param <= 100 - my_param >= 0 quiet: true ```