In my dockerized Ansible 2.8 I'm trying to change ssh settings on remote hosts that have been added to inventory dynamically using add_host
playbook.yml
# configure new VMs
- name: Configure new Azure VM
hosts: localhost
connection: local
gather_facts: no
roles:
- az-vm-configure
tags:
- az-vm-configure
main.yml
- name: Configure inventory
include: inventory.yml
- name: Configure sshd
include: sshd.yml
delegate_to: '{{ groups.new[0] }}'
It works fine when I use following construction: delegate_to: '{{ groups.new[0] }}'
But when I'm trying to implement that for all hosts in group like this:
delegate_to: '{{ item }}'
with_items: "{{ groups['new'] }}"
my task ignores construction above and tries to execute task on localhost: task execution result
Seems like delegate_to: '{{ item }}' doesn't work in this case.
Could somebody suggest any workaround?
When I tried to place hosts in the main.yml as mentioned above I gave an error
ERROR! no action detected in task. This often indicates a misspelled module name, or incorrect module path.
Anyway here's my solution:
playbook.yml
# configure VM
- name: Add new VM to inventory
hosts: localhost
connection: local
gather_facts: no
tasks:
- include_role:
name: az-vm-configure
tasks_from: inventory.yml
tags:
- az-vm-configure
- name: Configure new Azure VM
hosts: new
gather_facts: no
tasks:
- include_role:
name: az-vm-configure
tasks_from: sshd.yml
tags:
- az-vm-configure
roles/az-vm-configure/tasks/main.yml
- include_tasks: '{{ tasks }}'
with_items:
- inventory.yml
- sshd.yml
loop_control:
loop_var: tasks