--- - hosts: localhost gather_facts: no vars: json_cache: "{{ cache.stdout | from_json }}" tasks: - command: redis-cli get ansible_facts_localhost register: cache tags: - always - name: test that the cache only contains the set_fact var assert: that: - "json_cache | length == 1" - "json_cache.foo == ansible_facts.foo" tags: - set_fact - name: test that the cache contains gathered facts and the var assert: that: - "json_cache | length > 1" - "json_cache.foo == 'bar'" - "json_cache.ansible_distribution is defined" tags: - additive_gather_facts - name: test that the cache contains only gathered facts assert: that: - "json_cache | length > 1" - "json_cache.foo is undefined" - "json_cache.ansible_distribution is defined" tags: - gather_facts