OK, let me answer my own question. Despite what I read on Google (don't trust Google too much), one can use certain variables in a handler name. So it is pretty easy! Just add the variable in the notify section and the name of the handler.
On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 3:32 PM, Tom De Blende <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a playbook with different role sections. Each section runs the same > role, but with different variables. Now if one role signals a handler to > restart a service with a variable name, only the first service is restarted. > > Let me explain: > > This is the handler: > > - name: restart service > service: > name: "{{ service_name}}" > state: restarted > > > So the service name differs per role. So only one service is restarted, > the first one. Which makes sense, as the handler was already signaled for > the first occurrence. > > So I was reading and ran into meta: flush_handlers. So I added this at the > end of a role-run, thinking that Ansible would restart the service, and > flush the handlers. Well, it did run the handler, but it did not flush it. > So when the second call was made to the handler, with a different service > name, it was still just restarting the first service, as it was still in > the handler. > > How can this behavior be changed? I want to restart the service through a > handler, and then clean the handler before the subsequent roles are > executed. > > Thanks! > Tom > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > topic/ansible-project/0jjVccORjbA/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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/2ebf4236-b64f-4635-aa9e-790bbf1e67f5%40googlegroups. > com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/2ebf4236-b64f-4635-aa9e-790bbf1e67f5%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/CAGV-88Ebz9GL1-ysfyhhZ6ReqZYGc%2Bz_smKqPM01LP9Z5UXcjA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
