This is a great tip! Seems to be working as expected now,
Thank you
On Wednesday, December 10, 2014 9:43:19 AM UTC-6, Matt Martz wrote:
>
> So roles are evaluated after the top level portions of the play.
>
> I would do something such as using add_host to add deleted servers to an
> in memory group that you could use for exclusion later. Such as something
> like:
>
> - hosts: local
> gather_facts: False
> tasks:
> - name: Create or delete servers
> rax:
> [module stuff here that deletes servers]
> group: webservers
> register: rax_results
>
> - name: Add created servers to webservers group
> add_host:
> hostname: "{{ item.name }}"
> ansible_ssh_host: "{{ item.rax_accessipv4 }}"
> ansible_ssh_pass: "{{ item.rax_adminpass }}"
> groups: webservers
> with_items: rax_results.success
> when: rax_results.action == 'create'
>
> - name: Add deleted servers to deleted group for later exclusions
> add_host:
> hostname: "{{ item.name }}"
> groups: deleted
> with_items: rax_results.success
> when: rax_results.action == 'delete'
>
> - hosts: webservers!deleted
> [other stuff here]
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 9:13 AM, phil toohill <[email protected]
> <javascript:>> wrote:
>
>> ##### Issue Type:
>> Bug Report
>>
>> ##### Ansible Version:
>> 1.8.2
>>
>> ##### Environment:
>> OSX 10.8.5
>>
>> ##### Summary:
>> Fact gathering fails when cloud module deletes server and roles play is
>> called with a when conditional.
>>
>> ##### Steps To Reproduce:
>>
>> Assuming utilization of a cloud module such as 'rax', you can set the
>> count to 0 to remove the servers and then call out to roles, as such:
>> ```
>> - name: Build an exact count of cloud servers with incremented names
>> hosts: local
>> gather_facts: False
>> tasks:
>> - name: Server build requests
>> local_action:
>> module: rax
>> credentials: ~/.raxpub
>> name: test%03d.example.org
>> flavor: performance1-1
>> image: ubuntu-1204-lts-precise-pangolin
>> state: present
>> count: 0
>> exact_count: yes
>> group: webservers
>> wait: yes
>> register: rax
>>
>> - name: Setup nginx
>> user: root
>> hosts: webservers
>> vars:
>> operation: "{{ wsoperation }}"
>> roles:
>> - { role: nginx, when: operation == 'create' }
>> ```
>> ##### Expected Results:
>>
>> It would expected that the when clause should trigger prior/during the
>> gather facts call thus adhering to the conditional and passing tests.
>>
>> I call this a bug because I assume no operations should happen for a play
>> unless the conditional is met, this includes fact gathering.
>>
>> Besides having a separate playbook with duplicated server logic, which
>> defeats the purpose of this modules benefits, I do not see a proper work
>> around.
>>
>> ##### Actual Results:
>> Gather facts is triggered before the when operation is analyzed causing
>> failure.
>> ```
>> fatal: [webser-backend01] => SSH encountered an unknown error during the
>> connection
>> ```
>>
>>
>> This was closed as 'not a bug', anyone have suggested work around?
>>
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