Ansible: how to check a fileset version on AIX

If you wonder or struggle to compare a fileset, or ptf, or package version on AIX, then you are on the right place. First thing first, let’s gather our filesets details in the ansible_facts:

 - name: Extract bos.mp64 fileset version
   ibm.power_aix.lpp_facts:
     filesets:
       - bos.adt.base
       - bos.adt.lib
       - bos.mp64

Then we extract the version string from the dict:

  - set_fact:
      version_string: "{{ item.key }}"
    loop: "{{ ansible_facts.filesets['bos.mp64'].levels | dict2items }}"
    when: item.value.vrmf is defined
    register: version_fact

  - name: Check bos.mp64 version
    debug:
      msg: "ifix #IJ04311 needs to be applied: bos.mp64 {{ version_string }}."
    when: "'bos.mp64' in ansible_facts.filesets and version_string is version('7.1.5.43', '<')"

And finally the playbook output:

ok: [aixbox] => 
(item=
  {'key': '7.1.5.43', 
   'value': 
     {'vrmf': 
       {'ver': 7, 'rel': 1, 'mod': 5, 'fix': 43},
       'state': 'committed',
       'type': 'install',
       'description': 'Base Operating System 64-bit Multiprocessor Runtime',
       'emgr_locked': False,
       'sources': ['/usr/lib/objrepos', '/etc/objrepos']
       }
    }
) => {"ansible_facts": 
       {"version_string": "7.1.5.43"},
       "ansible_loop_var": "item",
       "changed": false,
       "item": 
       {"key": "7.1.5.43",
        "value": 
          {"description": "Base Operating System 64-bit Multiprocessor Runtime", 
           "emgr_locked": false,
           "sources": ["/usr/lib/objrepos", "/etc/objrepos"],          
           "state": "committed",
           "type": "install",
           "vrmf": 
             {"fix": 43, "mod": 5, "rel": 1, "ver": 7}
          }
        }
      }

TASK [Check bos.mp64 version]
skipping: [aixbox] => 
  {"false_condition": 
    "'bos.mp64' in ansible_facts.filesets and version_string is version('7.1.5.43', '<')"}

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