bench/playbooks/roles/packer/tasks/main.yml

---
- name: Check if packer already exists
  stat:
    path: ~/.local/bin/packer
  register: packer

- name: Check if packer version is 1.2.1
  command: ~/.local/bin/packer --version
  register: packer_version
  when: packer.stat.exists

- name: Create the ~/.local/bin, if it doesnt exist already
  file:
    path: ~/.local/bin/
    state: directory
  when: packer.stat.exists == False 

- include_tasks: debian_family.yml
  when: ansible_os_family == 'Debian' and packer.stat.exists == False 

- include_tasks: redhat_family.yml
  when: ansible_os_family == "RedHat" and packer.stat.exists == False 

- name: Delete packer if < 1.2.1
  file:
    state: absent
    path: ~/.local/bin/packer
  when: (packer.stat.exists) and (packer_version | version_compare('1.2.1', '<'))

- name: Download packer zip file
  command: wget https://releases.hashicorp.com/packer/1.2.1/packer_1.2.1_linux_amd64.zip
  chdir: ~/.local/bin/
  when: (packer.stat.exists == False) or (packer_version | version_compare('1.2.1', '<'))

- name: Unzip the packer binary in ~/.local/bin
  chdir: ~/.local/bin/
  command: unzip packer_1.2.1_linux_amd64.zip
  when: (packer.stat.exists == False) or (packer_version | version_compare('1.2.1', '<'))

- name: Remove the downloaded packer zip file
  file:
    state: absent
    path: ~/.local/bin/packer_1.2.1_linux_amd64.zip
  when: (packer.stat.exists == False) or (packer_version | version_compare('1.2.1', '<'))
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