Thanks for the reply but I think you guys are missing the point. The 'user' module I put is just a simple example showing the use cases. To make it clearer, it can be 'file' module where I just want to backup one file and not the rest, but using the same action for all. Also, I do follow the "Best Practice" and using roles, and hence the whole discussion because of the limited usability.
@Michael DeHaan, I'm well aware of the use of 'when' but it makes your tasks tightly coupled with the 'trigger'. You need to cater for all the possibilites. It will just clutter the tasks. Say you need to create many users with the following requirement: - username, uid, and gid only - above + supplementary group only - above + custom shell only - above + different home only - above + etc... Then your 'when' condition will become a real sphegetti because Ansible is ran in sequence. (Try to make the 'when' logic for that and you will see). As far as i know they is no module to skip the subsequent tasks when a task is successfull. Off cause you can use 'when' to skip the subsequence but that will just make it even more complicated. Thanks. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
