if one package fails all other non dependent packages installation fails in ansible

[Sameer Modak]

TASK [get python-yum and python-curl] *************************************************************************************************************************************

...ignoring

failed: [192.168.211.131] (item=[u'python-pycurl', u'git', u'curl', u'php5-common', u'php5-cli', u'php5-mysql', u'php5-curl', u'php5-gd', u'php5-dev', u'php5-mcrypt', u'php-apc', u'php-pear', u'python-mysqldb', u'mysql-server']) => {"changed": false, "failed": true, "item": ["python-pycurl", "git", "curl", "php5-common", "php5-cli", "php5-mysql", "php5-curl", "php5-gd", "php5-dev", "php5-mcrypt", "php-apc", "php-pear", "python-mysqldb", "mysql-server"], "msg": "No package matching 'php5-common' found available, installed or updated", "rc": 126, "results": ["python-pycurl-7.19.0-17.el7.x86_64 providing python-pycurl is already installed", "git-1.8.3.1-5.el7.x86_64 providing git is already installed", "curl-7.29.0-25.el7.centos.x86_64 providing curl is already installed", "No package matching 'php5-common' found available, installed or updated"]}

=========================================================

code:

- name: "get python-yum and python-curl"

    yum: name={{ item }} state=installed

    with_items:

    - python-pycurl

    - git

    - curl

    - php5-common

    - php5-cli

    - php5-mysql

    - php5-curl

    - php5-gd

    - php5-dev

    - php5-mcrypt

    - php-apc

    - php-pear

    - python-mysqldb

    - mysql-server

    ignore_errors: yes

[Kai Stian Olstad]

On søndag 20. august 2017 20.32.13 CEST Sameer Modak wrote:
> TASK [get python-yum and python-curl]
> ****************************************************************************

> ********************************************************* ...ignoring

> failed: [192.168.211.131] (item=[u'python-pycurl', u'git', u'curl',
> u'php5-common', u'php5-cli', u'php5-mysql', u'php5-curl', u'php5-gd',
> u'php5-dev', u'php5-mcrypt', u'php-apc', u'php-pear', u'python-mysqldb',
> u'mysql-server']) => {"changed": false, "failed": true, "item":
> ["python-pycurl", "git", "curl", "php5-common", "php5-cli", "php5-mysql",
> "php5-curl", "php5-gd", "php5-dev", "php5-mcrypt", "php-apc", "php-pear",
> "python-mysqldb", "mysql-server"], "msg": "No package matching
> 'php5-common' found available, installed or updated", "rc": 126, "results":
> ["python-pycurl-7.19.0-17.el7.x86_64 providing python-pycurl is already
> installed", "git-1.8.3.1-5.el7.x86_64 providing git is already installed",
> "curl-7.29.0-25.el7.centos.x86_64 providing curl is already installed", "No
> package matching 'php5-common' found available, installed or updated"]}
> =========================================================
> code:
> - name: "get python-yum and python-curl"
> yum: name={{ item }} state=installed
> with_items:
> - python-pycurl
> - git

<snip />

That's by design, this is one task and Ansible fails a entire task and not
just part of it.
If you need that feature you need to split it up in several tasks.


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Kai Stian Olstad