The output shows `[localhost -> 10.20.31.35] ` which indicates it is
delegating from `localhost` to `10.20.31.35`, however this is only for the
connection. Any templating done in the task definition uses the values of
the host in the loop, which is `localhost`.
On Mon, Jan 11, 2021 at 5:11 PM Jordan C <jordantcasti...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I am trying to debug a playbook I've written which uses a couple of roles
> to spin up and then configure an AWS instance.
>
> The basic structure is one playbook (`new-server.yml`) imports two roles
> -- `roles/ec2_instance` and `roles/start_env`. The ec2_instance role should
> be ran on localhost with my AWS tokens and then the start_env role gets ran
> on servers which are generated by the first role.
>
> My playbook `new-server.yml` starts off like this:
>
> - name: provision new instance
> include_role:
> name: ec2_instance
> public: yes
> vars:
> instance_name: "{{ item.host_name }}"
> env: "{{ item.git_branch }}"
> env_type: "{{ item.env_type }}"
> loop:
> - { host_name: 'prod', git_branch: 'master', env_type: 'prod' }
> - { host_name: 'test', git_branch: 'test', env_type: 'devel'}
>
> This role builds an ec2 instance, updates route 53, uses add_host to add
> the host to the in-memory inventory in the `just_created` group.
>
> Next, I have this in the `new_server.yml` playbook. Both of my IPs show up
> here just fine. My localhost does not show up here.
>
>
> - name: debug just_created group
> debug: msg="{{ groups['just_created'] }}"
>
>
> Finally, again in `new_server.yml`, I try to do the last mile
> configuration and start my application on the new instance:
>
> - name: Configure and start environment on new instance
> include_role:
> name: start_env
> apply:
> become: yes
> delegate_to: "{{ item }}"
> with_items:
> - "{{ groups['just_created'] }}"
>
> However, it doesnt look like the task is delegating properly, because I
> have this task in `roles/start_env/main.yml`:
>
> - name: debug hostname
> debug: msg="{{ ansible_hostname }}"
>
> And what I'm seeing in my output is
>
>
> TASK [start_env : debug hostname]
> ************************************************************************************************************************************
> Monday 11 January 2021 12:00:05 -0800 (0:00:00.111) 0:00:37.374
> ********
> ok: [localhost -> 10.20.15.225] => {
> "msg": "My-Local-MBP"
> }
>
> TASK [start_env : debug hostname]
> ************************************************************************************************************************************
> Monday 11 January 2021 12:00:05 -0800 (0:00:00.043) 0:00:37.417
> ********
> ok: [localhost -> 10.20.31.35] => {
> "msg": "My-Local-MBP"
> }
>
> I've read a lot about delegate_to, include_role and loops this morning. It
> sounds like Ansible has made things pretty complicated when you want to
> combine these things, but it also seems like the way I am trying to invoke
> these should be right. Any idea what I'm doing wrong (or if there is a
> smarter way to do this? I found this --
> https://medium.com/opsops/ansible-2-5-delegate-to-and-include-role-20cd7e67008e
> -- and while its a clever workaround, it doesn't quite fit what I'm seeing
> and I'd like to avoid creating another tasks file in my roles. Not exactly
> how I want to manage something like this. Most of the information I've been
> going off of has been this thread:
>
> https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/35398
>
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