The way we do it it to register a variable on the installation of mysql and set the root password "when: mysqlInstall|changed"
On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 1:02 AM, Marko Lisica <[email protected]> wrote: > IMHO, as long as this works for you it is okay. > > > On Tuesday, April 1, 2014 5:49:36 PM UTC+2, Patrick Ogenstad wrote: >> >> I've just gotten started with Ansible. I must say it's ridiculously >> simple. :) >> >> I've created a few playbooks and was setting up mysql. The module >> documentation mentions editing ~/.my.cnf and some links on the net >> recommend using the file in order to create a idempotent mysql playbook. >> >> However I didn't want to write the password in a textfile. >> >> Instead as a workaround I created two tasks in the playbook: >> >> # This task will fail the first time when the password >> # is blank >> - name: Ensure MySQL Root Password is changed, this task will fail the >> first time >> mysql_user: name=root password={{ mysqlrootpass }} login_user=root >> login_password={{ mysqlrootpass }} state=present >> register: mysqlwithpassword >> ignore_errors: True >> >> - name: Set MySQL root password >> mysql_user: name=root password={{ mysqlrootpass }} login_user=root >> login_password='' state=present >> when: mysqlwithpassword|failed >> >> The first task will always fail on the first run and when it fail the >> second task will run. Running the Playbook a second time won't change the >> system making the playbook idempotent. >> >> Would this be considered bad form in a Ansible sort of way? :) Do you see >> any downside to solving the problem in this way? >> >> -- > 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/388f5255-7704-4eec-8228-175f7dcef8be%40googlegroups.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/388f5255-7704-4eec-8228-175f7dcef8be%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Peter Gehres Site Reliability Engineer | AppDynamics, Inc. www.appdynamics.com | AS62897 -- 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/CABpn%2BqSPxBSUsGL8iATv1ORoLt7Z_Zecef25yBUsnN-fftbFqg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
