lineinfile is skipped if one of the task ignored

[Hanumantha Reddy Basireddy]

Hi All,

I have a playbook as follows:

---

- hosts: all

  gather_facts: no

  ignore_unreachable: true

  tasks:

  - command: "{{ item }}"

    loop:

      - "ls" 

      - "df -h"

    register: files

    ignore_errors: true

  - name: delegate

    command: ls

    register: files2

    delegate_to: "{{item}}"

    ignore_errors: true

    with_items:

      - "{{groups['test_servers1']}}"

  - lineinfile:

      line: "{{ item.stdout }}"

      path: /tmp/list.log

      create: yes

    when:

      - item.changed is defined

      - item.changed

    loop: "{{ files.results + 

          files2.results}}"

TEST1: my inventory looks as follows:

192.168.153.31

 #[test_servers1]

output:

TASK [command] **************************************************************** changed: [192.168.153.31] => (item=ls) changed: [192.168.153.31] => (item=df -h) TASK [delegate] ***************************************************************************** fatal: [192.168.153.31]: FAILED! => {"msg": "'dict object' has no attribute 'test_servers1'"} ...ignoring TASK [lineinfile] ***************************************************************** skipping: [192.168.153.31]

TEST2: inventory as follows:

192.168.153.31

[test_servers1]

Output:

TASK [command] ****************************************************************** changed: [192.168.153.31] => (item=ls) changed: [192.168.153.31] => (item=df -h) 

 TASK [delegate] **************************************************************** 

 TASK [debug] ***************************************************************** ok: [192.168.153.31] => { "files2": { "changed": false, "results": [], "skipped": true, "skipped_reason": "No items in the list" } } 

TASK [lineinfile] ****************************************************** 

changed: [192.168.153.31] => (item={'start': '2021-07-18 02:11:13.080046', 'stderr': '', 'rc': 0, 'invocation': {'module_args': {'_raw_par..........

Question1: In TEST1 since inventory doesn't contain test_servers1 group, so task is ignored. but why lineinfile is skipped eventhought file variable contain results?

Question2: In TEST2, my delegate task contains only one command i.e., ls why file2 has results? As per my knowledge when looping through multiple commands only register variable contains results.

Question3: In lineinfile module, Is it possible to check files2 contains results and if yes to check files2.results is not empty then only loop through it otherwise skip it?

someone please clarify my doubts. Thanks in Advance.

Thanks,

BHR.

[Hanumantha Reddy Basireddy]

Hello All,

Any leads....