---
- hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: false
  become: no
  vars:
    minimal_ansible_version: 2.9.0
    maximal_ansible_version: 2.10.0
    ansible_connection: local
  tasks:
    - name: "Check {{ minimal_ansible_version }} <= Ansible version < {{ maximal_ansible_version }}"
      assert:
        msg: "Ansible must be between {{ minimal_ansible_version }} and {{ maximal_ansible_version }}"
        that:
          - ansible_version.string is version(minimal_ansible_version, ">=")
          - ansible_version.string is version(maximal_ansible_version, "<")
      tags:
        - check