Is there any way to always run a role? I am creating lock file before starting any deployment to prevent parallel deployment. In case of any failure/success I want to delete the lock file.
- { role: lock-deployment, tags: always }
- { role: fetch-artifactory, tags: always }
- { role: unlock-deployment, tags: always }
I want to run unlock-deployment role irrespective of failure/success.
problem is I don't want to do block, rescue for every task. I just want to delete lock file in case of failure in any of the task. I tried looking around if role itself can be put into block but didn't find any. ref
You can use block with always construct. Roles can be included with include_role:
tasks:
- include_role:
name: lock-deployment
- block:
- include_role:
name: fetch-artifactory
always:
- include_role:
name: unlock-deployment
This produces your desired flow (fetch-artifactory contains fail task to emulate failure):
PLAY [localhost] ***************************************************************************************
TASK [include_role] ************************************************************************************
TASK [lock-deployment : file] **************************************************************************
changed: [localhost]
TASK [include_role] ************************************************************************************
TASK [fetch-artifactory : fail] ************************************************************************
Unaltered: {'msg': u'Failed as requested from task', 'failed': True, 'changed': False}
fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "failed": true, "msg": "Failed as requested from task"}
TASK [include_role] ************************************************************************************
TASK [unlock-deployment : file] **********************************************************************
changed: [localhost]