On Wednesday, September 17, 2014 1:09:01 PM UTC+1, Karl Jorgensen wrote:
>
> Hi 
>
> On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 01:22:51AM -0700, P wrote: 
> > Hi all, 
> > 
> > we have a playbook with several roles in it: 
> >   roles: 
> >   - role1 
> >   - role2 
> >   - role3 
> >   - role4 
> >   - role5 
> >   - roleX 
> > ... 
> > 
> > These roles install some software but each checks at the very begin if 
> the 
> > software is already installed 
> > and if it is - it aborts (using fail module). It turns out that i.e. if 
> the 
> > role3 fails (because its software is already installed) 
> > the whole playbook also failes (ansible 1.7.1). 
>
> This is the expected behaviour.  A failure is a failure... 
>

Why ?!?! I use fail module in a role so the role should fail and not the 
whole playbook. 


> > Is it possible to abort just particular role 
> > and let run the rest of the playbook ? 
>
> I would recommend changing the roles so that installation of new 
> software is skipped (instead of failing) when the software is already 
> present... 
>

What do you mean by "skipped"  ? If I check at the top of a role that the 
software is installed
how can I skip the rest of role ?

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