Found this
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18195142/safely-limiting-ansible-playbooks-to-a-single-machine
So folks saying better use -e of ansible-playbook
On Saturday, March 6, 2021 at 3:50:48 PM UTC-8 esxi...@gmail.com wrote:
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> Thanks Again
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> Is below possible in this case :-
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> Section called New-VM-Section has many servers
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> But i would like playbook task of patching only on specific vm ?
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> eg
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> [ New-VM-Section]
> vm1
> vm2
> vm3
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> And the playbook below to run only on say vm3 & not entire section called
> New-VM-Section
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> - hosts: New-VM-Section
> gather_facts: false
> ...
> yum:..
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> I know below
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> To exclude host1 and host2 from execution and allow execution only in
> host3:
> $ ansible-playbook --limit '!hoost1:!host2:host3' yourPlaybook.yml
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> Is there way to rather "include" only 1 ...
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> Also how to add this in playbook itself
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> Any suggestions Please
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> On Saturday, March 6, 2021 at 12:27:57 PM UTC-8 jruar...@gmail.com wrote:
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>> Yep, that should do the trick.
>>
>> El sáb, 6 mar 2021 a las 21:20, esxi...@gmail.com (<esxi...@gmail.com>)
>> escribió:
>>
>>> Thanks for the reply .. So you mean change below
>>>
>>>
>>> ---
>>> - hosts: localhost
>>> gather_facts: false
>>> connection: local
>>>
>>> to
>>>
>>> ---
>>> - hosts: New-VM-Section
>>> gather_facts: false
>>> connection: local
>>>
>>> AND
>>>
>>> add in task below
>>>
>>> - name: Update tags & - name: Reboot the VM
>>> ..
>>> ..
>>> delegate_to: localhost
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Saturday, March 6, 2021 at 5:06:48 AM UTC-8 jruar...@gmail.com wrote:
>>>
>>>> You should modify your hosts entry to point to inventory vms and
>>>> delegate to localhost vmware tasks.
>>>>
>>>> Hope that helps,
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> El sáb, 6 mar 2021 a las 8:54, esxi...@gmail.com (<esxi...@gmail.com>)
>>>> escribió:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi
>>>>>
>>>>> I am using community.vmware related modules in a playbook .. which
>>>>> updates tags & reboot vms
>>>>>
>>>>> In the same vm i would like to patch the VM
>>>>>
>>>>> Below is the code .. but the yum module here seems not acting on the
>>>>> target ie "{{ vm_name }" but does not the ansible control node itself
>>>>>
>>>>> Any suggestions Please ( My requirement is not to use separate
>>>>> playbook )
>>>>>
>>>>> ---
>>>>> - hosts: localhost
>>>>> gather_facts: false
>>>>> connection: local
>>>>> vars_files:
>>>>> - /etc/ansible/playbooks/vm-provision/vars/vc.yml
>>>>> tasks:
>>>>> - name: Update tags
>>>>> community.vmware.vmware_guest_custom_attributes:
>>>>> hostname: "{{ vcenter_server }}"
>>>>> username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
>>>>> password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
>>>>> validate_certs: no
>>>>> name: "{{ vm_name }"
>>>>> state: present
>>>>> attributes:
>>>>> - name: OS
>>>>> value: "{{ vcenter_OS }}"
>>>>> - name: Location
>>>>> value: "{{ vcenter_Location }}"
>>>>> - name: upgrade all packages
>>>>> yum: name=* state=latest
>>>>>
>>>>> - name: Reboot the VM
>>>>> community.vmware.vmware_guest_powerstate:
>>>>> hostname: "{{ vcenter_server }}"
>>>>> username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
>>>>> password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
>>>>> validate_certs: no
>>>>> folder: "{{ vcenter_folder }}"
>>>>> name: "{{ vm_name }"
>>>>> state: reboot-guest
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>> Kiran
>>>>>
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