For starters, can you share what version of Ansible you are using? Thanks!
On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 6:24 PM, E.C. Raymond <[email protected]> wrote: > I am experiencing some strange behavior from what I understand to be > applying tags to roles/dependencies. I wrote a facts plugin to gather > information about a systems role, and it includes this in the playbook > run. Each system runs a playbook on its own, only managing itself. > > # ansible_local facts > 127.0.0.1 | success >> { > "ansible_facts": { > "ansible_local": { > "host_roles": { > "roles": [ > "APPSERVERS", > "COMMON", > > ] > } > } > }, > "changed": false > } > > # site.yml > --- > - hosts: 127.0.0.1 > connection: local > gather_facts: yes > sudo: yes > > roles: > - { role: appserver, , when: "'APPSERVERS' in > ansible_local.host_roles.roles" } > - { role: hadoop_jobtracker, when: "'HADOOP_JOBTRACKER' in > ansible_local.host_roles.roles" } > > > # roles/appserver/meta/main.yml > --- > dependencies: > - { role: managed_interface, tags=initial } > > This is the simplified output of my setup. I have a server that is acting > with a local run of a playbook, and gathers its roles, and then grabs the > dependencies from its role to call the manage_interface role when its > tagged as initial. > > # command line > ansible-playbook site.yml --tags "initial" > > The command runs only its tasks/main.yml and not the dependencies. > > When I tried applying at the site.yml level things got really weird. It > runs both the appserver and hadoop_jobtracker roles, seemingiy ignoring the > "when" statements. > > roles: > - { role: appserver, tags: ['initial'], when: > "'APPSERVERS' in ansible_local.host_roles.roles" } > - { role: hadoop_jobtracker, tags: ['initial'], when: > "'HADOOP_JOBTRACKER' in ansible_local.host_roles.roles" } > > Are there some rules in which these can be applied properly, or am I > hacking at the system and making trouble again? > > -- > 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/dac2a7a2-a8d7-40b8-b00d-2801ff9289a2%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/dac2a7a2-a8d7-40b8-b00d-2801ff9289a2%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > 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/CA%2BnsWgzvQo4nEyAPSGvHHQrXivdtEUq8W_jpXGBaRt5_RxwwVQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
