November 2015
Intermediate to advanced
236 pages
4h 42m
English
Ansible fundamentally operates on the concept of task statuses: Ok, Changed, Failed, or Skipped. These statuses determine whether any further tasks should be executed on a host, and whether handlers should be notified due of any changes. Tasks can also make use of conditionals that check the status of previous tasks to control operation.
In this chapter, we'll explore ways to influence Ansible when determining the task status:
Most modules that ship with Ansible have an opinion on what constitutes an error. An error condition is highly dependent upon the module and what the module is attempting to accomplish. When a module ...