Thanks for the reply. I think this will end up being more complicated as I
cannot use the service module but must run the script with a stop argument
and then a start argument. Can I define a function in Ansible? Have a
RedHat.yml file that defines a "restart" function using the proper shell
information (a task?) for that OS and a separate Debian.yml file with the
correct syntax for that OS and then call the function "restart" in a
handler?
On Wednesday, September 30, 2015 at 2:59:33 PM UTC-4, David Karban wrote:
>
> HI Ender,
> I believe there can be only one action in handler. Use variables to solve
> this. First task in role:
> - name: Load the OS specific variables
> include_vars: "{{ ansible_os_family }}.yml"
>
> in vars/ have a files:
> RedHat.yml
> service_name: "barfoo"
>
> Debian.yml
> service_name: "barfooinit"
>
> Then in handler:
> handlers:
> service: name={{ service_name }} state=restarted
>
> New platform means new variable file, no task modifications.
>
> Regards
> David Karban
> Linux server specialist/Specialista na správu linuxových serverů
> www.karban.eu
>
> 2015-09-30 19:04 GMT+02:00 ender <[email protected] <javascript:>>:
>
>> I am fairly new to Ansible and having a problem with a playbook in which
>> I wish to have a handler run one script if the target OS is in the RedHat
>> family and another script if the target OS is in the Debian family. I am
>> clearly doing this wrong. Here's the relevant snippet:
>>
>> [...]
>> handlers:
>> - name: restart foo
>> shell: /etc/init.d/barfoo stop ; /etc/init.d/barfoo start
>> when: ansible_os_family == "RedHat"
>> shell: /etc/init.d/bazfooinit stop ; /etc/init.dbazfooinit start
>> when: ansible_os_family == "Debian"
>> [...]
>>
>> This works fine for the targets running a Debian distro (in this case two
>> Debians and an Ubuntu) but does not work. for the hosts running a Red Hat
>> distro (actually three CentOS servers, all running the same version of
>> CentOS). The handler just returns "skipping: [<host>]" for each CentOS
>> host.
>>
>> Running ansible against those targets with -m setup -a
>> 'filter=ansible_os_family' returns the expected "RedHat" for the CentOS
>> hosts.
>>
>> I suspect I am doing something wrong. Is it not possible to have two
>> "when:" statements and only the last one is interpreted? That would seem
>> to explain what I am seeing. If that, or something similar is the case how
>> can I accomplish what I need to do... kind of a "if RedHat, elseif Debian"
>> sort of behavior?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
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