Hi Another option is to have the content of that json config file stored as a variable in group_vars. You can then just use a single task, and limit the deployment to webservers or appservers. The config itself will be YAML, which is slightly easier to read. How feasible this is depends a bit on how complex that json data structure is. Do you have an example of that template?
On Mon, 15 Jun 2020 at 12:06, Mark Farrington <m.farrington1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > New to ansible and looking for advice. > > I have an action inside a task (I think that is correct terminology). > > Something like this: > > - name: Cloudwatch deploy agent configuration for webserver > template: > src: templates/web-inst.json > dest: "/opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/bin/config.json" > mode: 0644 > tags: > - config > > > > The task is used to install AWS cloudwatch on web servers and this action is > to just apply the config. Now I want to extend this task to other types or > servers (Lets say app server). > So I want to add another config action like this: > > - name: Cloudwatch deploy agent configuration for App Server > template: > src: templates/app-inst.json > dest: "/opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/bin/config.json" > mode: 0644 > tags: > - config > > So, now I have two code blocks for configuration (One for each type of > server). How do I conditionally apply the correct config based on the host > type? > > I currently execute it using the following command. > ansible-playbook -i ../inventory/testinstance/ -l webserver playbook.yml > --tags cloudwatch > > So, the idea is I would execute it with the appserver host instead like this: > ansible-playbook -i ../inventory/testinstance/ -l appserver playbook.yml > --tags cloudwatch > > Think I can use the "when" statement to do this somehow? > > Any help would be greatly received. Alternatively, is this approach just > nonsense and there is a better way? > > > > > > -- > 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 ansible-project+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/2b0e6bcc-1197-4ade-bec6-b76a3c8a2da7o%40googlegroups.com. -- Dick Visser Trust & Identity Service Operations Manager GÉANT -- 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 ansible-project+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAL8fbwN%2BdfxH1zqg46kygOVkBgyuteVcK5RBVW_5_z66KLMG6g%40mail.gmail.com.
