--- - name: "Check if percona-server is installed" shell: dpkg -l | grep -i percona-server-server ignore_errors: yes register: percona_server_is_installed - name: "Check for innodb_log_file_size setting (Ubuntu)" shell: cmd: grep -E ^innodb_log_file_size /etc/mysql/my.cnf | awk -F= '{ print $2}' | sed 's/\s//g' removes: "/etc/mysql/my.cnf" register: configured_innodb_log_file_size - name: "Abort when innodb_log_file_size changes" fail: msg: "The existing MySQL server has innodb_log_file_size={{ configured_innodb_log_file_size.stdout }}, but your are trying to set it to {{ mysql_innodb_log_file_size }}. Please, change this value for the variable in either ansible or the server itself. See: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/innodb-redo-log.html" when: - percona_server_is_installed.stdout|trim != "" - not configured_innodb_log_file_size.stdout | regex_search('^skipped') - configured_innodb_log_file_size.stdout != mysql_innodb_log_file_size