I'd recommend just using push for 99.547% of everyone out there.
You not only get much better logging output, but can do higher levels of
orchestration, and we've got plenty of folks using it in very large
infrastructures.
Alternatively, you can set up different repos for each of your projects and
check out common role content in a known location.
On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 6:28 AM, Dan C <dco...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am using the groups aproach in some cases, but I can't use it in
> pull-mode, can I? The playbook I wrote (with the "when"s) is to be used in
> pull-mode.
>
> Thanks Michael.
>
> El miércoles, 19 de febrero de 2014 14:04:38 UTC+1, Michael DeHaan
> escribió:
>>
>> "I am using "when"s because I want to have only one playbook and apply
>> the roles always depending on the machine type. Is there any other way to
>> do this?"
>>
>> Yep! Use groups in that one playbook, and have more than one play:
>>
>> - hosts: common
>> roles:
>> - common
>>
>> - hosts: webservers
>> roles:
>> - webservers
>>
>> - hosts: dbservers
>> roles:
>> - dbservers
>>
>> This is much cleaner on output as well.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 3:30 AM, Dan C <dco...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks Michael,
>>>
>>> I supposed it was that (the when), but yet it seems strange to me the
>>> fact that a handler can be notified and yet skipped.
>>> Anyway, I changed the play and I like it much more.
>>> I just moved all handlers to one separate file and included that file at
>>> the start of the play. Now not only works perfectly but also I think is a
>>> better aproach.
>>>
>>> So that was caused by the "when".
>>> I am using "when"s because I want to have only one playbook and apply
>>> the roles always depending on the machine type. Is there any other way to
>>> do this?
>>>
>>> Thanks again.
>>>
>>> El martes, 18 de febrero de 2014 13:23:28 UTC+1, Michael DeHaan escribió:
>>>>
>>>> The other possibility is there is a "creates=" or "removes=" on a
>>>> handler that used a command/shell module.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 7:22 AM, Michael DeHaan <mic...@ansible.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Given you have a "when" above, there's a 99.99999% chance that's
>>>>> what's happening.
>>>>>
>>>>> If you tag a role with "when", all the tasks in it are applied with
>>>>> the same condition.
>>>>>
>>>>> None of the tasks would fire, or the handler.
>>>>>
>>>>> If you want to define a common handler, don't define it with a "when"
>>>>> condition.
>>>>>
>>>>> It may be that you are overriding a handler with the same name in one
>>>>> of those roles.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 3:42 AM, Dan C <dco...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm having some trouble having a handler executed. It is notified but
>>>>>> skipped. Is there any particular reason why a handler is notified but yet
>>>>>> skipped? I mean, from my point of view, if a handler is notified means
>>>>>> something changed and it needs to be notified and executed no matter what
>>>>>> still if it is only executed once at the end of the play, but why should
>>>>>> it
>>>>>> ever be skipped?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am using ansible 1.4.3 on a ScientificLinux 6.5 .
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm using conditional roles and the same handler exist in previous
>>>>>> skipped roles:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *- hosts: all*
>>>>>> * roles:*
>>>>>> * - id_target*
>>>>>> * - common*
>>>>>> * - { role: nginx-install, when: var == '2' }*
>>>>>> * - { role: nginx-config, when: varp == '2' }*
>>>>>> * - { role: kibana-central, when: var == '3' }*
>>>>>> * - { role: elasticsearch-install, when: var == '1' }*
>>>>>> * - { role: elasticsearch-config, when: var == '1' }*
>>>>>> * - logstash-base-shippers*
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The role "elasticsearch-config" have a handler to restart
>>>>>> elasticsearch. While running the play "var" == 1, so at the configuration
>>>>>> change the handler should be notified, and it is, and applied , but it is
>>>>>> not.
>>>>>> The same handler exist on the roles "kibana-central" , which is
>>>>>> skipped and "elasticsearch-install".
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This is what I get:
>>>>>> *[...]*
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *TASK: [java-install | Install OpenJDK]
>>>>>> **************************************** *
>>>>>> *changed: [localhost]*
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *TASK: [elasticsearch-install | Install Elasticsearch]
>>>>>> ************************* *
>>>>>> *changed: [localhost]*
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *TASK: [elasticsearch-install | Ensure ElasticSearch is running]
>>>>>> *************** *
>>>>>> *ok: [localhost]*
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *TASK: [elasticsearch-config | Copy elasticsearch.yml]
>>>>>> ************************* *
>>>>>> *changed: [localhost]*
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *TASK: [java-install | Install OpenJDK]
>>>>>> **************************************** *
>>>>>> *ok: [localhost]*
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *TASK: [logstash-install | Install Logstash]
>>>>>> *********************************** *
>>>>>> *changed: [localhost]*
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *[...]*
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *NOTIFIED: [elasticsearch-install | restart elasticsearch]
>>>>>> ********************* *
>>>>>> *skipping: [localhost]*
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *NOTIFIED: [supervisor-install | restart supervisord]
>>>>>> ************************** *
>>>>>> *changed: [localhost]*
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *NOTIFIED: [logstash-base-shippers | reload supervisord]
>>>>>> *********************** *
>>>>>> *changed: [localhost]*
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *PLAY RECAP
>>>>>> ******************************************************************** *
>>>>>> *localhost : ok=38 changed=21 unreachable=0
>>>>>> failed=0 *
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Note:
>>>>>> *NOTIFIED: [elasticsearch-install | restart elasticsearch]
>>>>>> ********************* *
>>>>>> *skipping: [localhost]*
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>>
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