Good point. I didn't really thought of that. Will check that out. Thanks
On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 2:40 PM, Christian Thiemann <[email protected]> wrote: > The init script's status command exits with a non-zero return code if the > service is not running (as per LSB specification, I believe), which Ansible > interprets as an error (and ignores it as instructed). > > Since the non-zero return code is not actually an error, instead of adding > "ignore_errors: yes" to the task, you could define what constitutes failure > by adding "failed_when: false" (task is never interpreted as failed) or some > other other failed_when condition that checks whether lgstatus.rc is not one > of the expected LSB-specified values. > > > > On Thursday, March 20, 2014 1:48:09 PM UTC+1, Vincent Van der Kussen wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I've a playbook where I register the state of a service. I have a >> task in the same playbook that is executed based on the output of the >> registered state. >> Everything works but when the service is stopped the task that >> registers the state returns failed. >> >> Functionally it works. when the service is stopped the task that >> should stop the service is skipped. When the service is running, the >> service is stopped. I only have a problem that the output of the task >> where i register the output returns FAILED when the service is >> stopped. >> >> I'm not sure if i'm doing something wrong. >> >> To make it a bit more clear : >> >> Tasks in the playbook >> -------------------------------- >> >> - name: get lgserver status >> action: command /opt/lettergen/lgserver status >> register: lgstatus >> ignore_errors: True >> >> - name: stop lgserver >> action: command /opt/lettergen/lgserver stop >> when: lgstatus.stdout.find('running') != -1 >> >> >> >> Output when service is stopped >> ---------------------------------------------- >> TASK: [lg-update | get lgserver status] >> *************************************** >> failed: [192.168.192.11] => {"changed": true, "cmd": >> ["/opt/lettergen/lgserver", "status"], "delta": "0:00:00.158255", >> "end": "2014-03-20 13:39:05.970555", "item": "", "rc": 3, "start": >> "2014-03-20 13:39:05.812300"} >> stdout: The daemon is stopped. >> ...ignoring >> >> >> TASK: [lg-update | stop lgserver] >> ********************************************* >> skipping: [192.168.192.11] >> >> >> Output when the service is started >> -------------------------------------------------- >> TASK: [lg-update | stop lgserver] >> ********************************************* >> changed: [192.168.192.11] >> >> Debug output of the registered value >> ---------------------------------------------------- >> TASK: [lg-update | debug] >> ***************************************************** >> ok: [192.168.192.11] => { >> "item": "", >> "lgstatus": { >> "changed": true, >> "cmd": [ >> "/opt/lettergen/lgserver", >> "status" >> ], >> "delta": "0:00:00.158255", >> "end": "2014-03-20 13:39:05.970555", >> "invocation": { >> "module_args": "/opt/lettergen/lgserver status", >> "module_name": "command" >> }, >> "item": "", >> "rc": 3, >> "start": "2014-03-20 13:39:05.812300", >> "stderr": "", >> "stdout": "The daemon is stopped.", >> "stdout_lines": [ >> "The daemon is stopped." >> ] >> } >> } > > -- > 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]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/6ab374f7-7e13-4b43-9439-0875a63524b1%40googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAO3_%2BAFkx7EbTd4fq%3Dt4Yt8ztn1zaPZ%3DAOjvQO-8uj9yMnLyiQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
