ansible/docsite/rst/playbooks_tasks.rst

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Tasks
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Playbook tasks can have a few different formats and can take many different keywords.
.. _task_formats:
Task Formats
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Basic
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The first keyword in a task can be the module name::
- debug: msg="hello world"
It can also be a name::
- name: a task with a name
debug: msg="hello world"
Args can be separated to newlines::
- copy: src=/srv/myfiles/foo.conf
dest=/etc/foo.conf
Old style with args inline::
- action: debug 'msg="hello world"'
Old style with a name defined::
- action: debug 'msg="hello world"'
name: a task with aname
Old style with args as a dictionary::
- action: debug
args:
msg: "hello world"
Connection Types
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Setting the connection type to local::
- debug: msg="hello world"
connection: local
Setting the connection type to ssh::
- debug: msg="hello world"
connection: ssh
Old style with a local connection::
- local_action: debug 'msg="hello world"'
.. _task_keywords:
Task Keywords
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Valid keywords for tasks in playbooks.
action
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always_run
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:doc:`playbooks_checkmode`
any_errors_fatal
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:doc:`playbooks_error_handling`
args
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async
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:doc:`playbooks_async`
changed_when
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:doc:`playbooks_error_handling`
connection
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:doc:`playbooks_delegation`
delay
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delegate_to
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:doc:`playbooks_delegation`
environment
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failed_when
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:doc:`playbooks_error_handling`
first_available_file
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ignore_errors
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:doc:`playbooks_error_handling`
local_action
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:doc:`playbooks_delegation`
name
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notify
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:doc:`playbooks`
only_if
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poll
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:doc:`playbooks_async`
register
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:doc:`playbooks_variables`
:doc:`playbooks_loops`
remote_user
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:doc:`playbooks`
retries
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:doc:`playbooks_loops`
sudo
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sudo_user
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sudo_pass
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tags
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:doc:`playbooks_tags`
transport
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:doc:`playbooks_delegation`
until
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:doc:`playbooks_loops`
when
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:doc:`playbooks_conditionals`
with_dnstext
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:doc:`playbooks_loops`
with_env
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:doc:`playbooks_loops`
with_file
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:doc:`playbooks_loops`
with_fileglob
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:doc:`playbooks_loops`
with_first_found
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:doc:`playbooks_loops`
with_flattened
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:doc:`playbooks_loops`
with_indexed_items
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:doc:`playbooks_loops`
with_inventory_hostnames
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:doc:`playbooks_loops`
with_items
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:doc:`playbooks_loops`
with_lines
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:doc:`playbooks_loops`
with_nested
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:doc:`playbooks_loops`
with_password
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:doc:`playbooks_loops`
with_pipe
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:doc:`playbooks_loops`
with_random_choice
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:doc:`playbooks_loops`
with_redis_kv
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:doc:`playbooks_loops`
with_sequence
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:doc:`playbooks_loops`
with_subelements
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:doc:`playbooks_loops`
with_template
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:doc:`playbooks_loops`
with_together
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:doc:`playbooks_loops`
.. seealso::
:doc:`playbooks`
An introduction to playbooks
:doc:`playbooks_roles`
Playbook organization by roles
:doc:`playbooks_best_practices`
Best practices in playbooks
:doc:`playbooks_conditionals`
Conditional statements in playbooks
:doc:`playbooks_variables`
All about variables
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