Thanks, this will do nicely. On Mon, 3 Jun 2019 at 19:29, Kai Stian Olstad < [email protected]> wrote:
> On 03.06.2019 12:40, Dick Visser wrote: > > - name: Fetch roles > > hosts: all > > connection: local > > tags: always > > run_once: yes > > tasks: > > - Role fetch logic here... > > > > - name: Deploy stuff > > hosts: all > > roles: > > - myrole1 > > - myrole2 > > - myrole3 > > > > > > > > This works. But when starting from scratch, i.e. when the first play > > has never run, the directory where it will put the roles is empty. > > This causes the playbook to fail with > > > > ERROR! the role 'myrole1' was not found in.... > > > > So all plays/tasks are evaluated and it throws an error because a role > > does not exist yet (which makes sense). > > > > We're already using a wrapper shell script around ansible-playbook to > > ease deployment by feeding it things like vault ID, inventory etc, so > > I'm tempted to just add a extra ansible-play run first that does the > > role fetching. > > > > Is there a way to make this work by running ansible only once? > > Pretty sure it's not possible in one playbook. > But if you split it in two playbooks you only need one ansible-playbook, > so it sort of only once. > > ansible-playbook fetch.yml deploy.yml > > > -- > Kai Stian Olstad > > -- > 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/45de3c8b-0900-1ba0-42ac-7fdde72f4f10%40olstad.com > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Sent from a mobile device - please excuse the brevity, spelling and punctuation. -- 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/CAL8fbwMKkP_EojdjtQmd0-5ONiFEGK12kBbJYS3%3DbNPvQ8J-FQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
