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How to run multiple shell commands with Ansible?
To run multiple shell commands with ansible you can use the shell module with a multi-line string (note the pipe after shell:), as shown in this example: – name: Build nginx shell: | cd nginx-1.11.13 sudo./configure sudo make sudo make install
Where can I find the module name in Ansible?
This module is part of ansible-base and included in all Ansible installations. In most cases, you can use the short module name command even without specifying the collections: keyword.
How to create a free form command in Ansible?
Use the ansible.builtin.shell module if you need these features. To create command tasks that are easier to read than the ones using space-delimited arguments, pass parameters using the args task keyword or use cmd parameter. Either a free form command or cmd parameter is required, see the examples.
Can you run ad hoc commands with Ansible?
Ansible is a popular automation platform allowing you to manage thousands of nodes at one time. One of the most useful features of Ansible is its ability to run ad-hoc commands on remote computers with the Ansible shell module.
How to stop Ansible when an error occurs?
Control it with exit 0/1 if you want to stop ansible when error occurs. The following example shows an error in shell, but it’s success at the end of the execution. This example shows stopinng shell with exit 1 error. Thanks for contributing an answer to Stack Overflow!
How to create a list of sites in Ansible?
That way I don’t have the list of sites in my task file even once, let alone twice. All I need to do to add a site is add a file. This technique could even be used with empty dummy files to create a list for other applications. Konstantin gave a good answer; here is an additional flavor on it.
Why is the tool DIR not populated in Ansible?
As you see, the values of tools_dir is not populated (tools_dir is a variable which is defined in a common role’s defaults/main.yml and also item.value.git_tar_dir value was not populated/resolved). Solution was easy. Instead of using “COMMAND” module in Ansible, I used “Shell” module and created a a variable in roles/git/defaults/main.yml