Thanx, Brian, sounds like an easy solution - but what about encapsulation? I need to break down things than into - preparation steps (artifact to be downloaded) - roles that are executed - and depend on those artifacts
Can I keep all "encapsulated" in one role ? Thx, Torsten Am Dienstag, 4. November 2014 14:19:18 UTC+1 schrieb Brian Coca: > > separate it into 2 plays, the first using hosts: localhost (or the control > server), this runs all the tasks you only want to run once (downloads), the > 2nd play can have the deploy to the target hosts. > > You can have multiple plays per file and per invocation. > > On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 7:00 AM, Torsten Reinhard <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> we are working on some playbooks that will deploy Maven artifacts (*.tar, >> *.zip) to our target environments. >> Due to the fact the target environment cannot directly access the Nexus >> Server (artifact repository) we need first to download them onto the >> control-machine >> - and copy/ synchronize from there to the target servers. >> >> When we implement the "download from Nexus" as just a simple task (inside >> a role) - it would be executed for each host when the playbook is run. >> for( host : hosts ) >> { >> task: download >> task: copy to host >> task: install to host >> } >> >> Is there any way to execute "run only once" tasks, before looping over >> all hosts is executed ? >> >> pre-task: download >> for( host : hosts ) >> { >> task: copy to host >> task: install to host >> } >> >> Some kind of "hook" where we can put preparation tasks ? >> >> Thanx for any hints, >> >> Torsten >> >> -- >> 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] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <javascript:>. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/1c8a50dc-1d2d-4533-903a-54570a935014%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/1c8a50dc-1d2d-4533-903a-54570a935014%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Brian Coca > -- 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/7f94f1f9-6ab3-415a-852a-499cb63f85b4%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
