restart service for a single computer using a loop when file copied

[Chris]

Good day,

I have a list that I loop over to copy files. I want to restart a service only if that file has been changed on the remote system. What is the best method to restart a service on only on a system if the file was copied to the system.

For instance:

defaults/main.yml

copy_files:

  - name: macsec
    all_systems_copy_src: "files/etc/modprobe.d/macsec.conf"
    all_systems_copy_dest: "/etc/modprobe.d/macsec.conf"
    all_systems_copy_owner: "0"
    all_systems_copy_group: "0"
    all_systems_copy_mode: "0644"

  - name: rsyslog
    all_systems_copy_src: "files/etc/rsyslog/syslog.conf"
    all_systems_copy_dest: "/etc/rsyslog.d/syslog.conf"
    all_systems_copy_owner: "0"
    all_systems_copy_group: "0"
    all_systems_copy_mode: "0644"

tasks/copy_files/main.yml

- name: "Copy files"
  copy:
    src: "{{ item.all_systems_copy_src }}"
    dest: "{{ item.all_systems_copy_dest }}"
    owner: "{{ item.all_systems_copy_owner }}"
    group: "{{ item.all_systems_copy_group }}"
    mode: "{{ item.all_systems_copy_mode }}"
  with_items:
    - "{{ copy_files }}"

If the system copies a new syslog file restart syslog.

I know there are handlers and notify, but I only want to restart on a specific system if it gets updated.

Chris

[Kai Stian Olstad]

On 05.09.2018 20:23, Chris wrote:
> Good day,
>
> I have a list that I loop over to copy files. I want to restart a
> service
> only if that file has been changed on the remote system. What is the
> best
> method to restart a service on only on a system if the file was copied
> to
> the system.

Here you say system and system.

> If the system copies a new syslog file restart syslog.
>
> I know there are handlers and notify, but I only want to restart on a
> specific system if it gets updated.

And system again, so i guess this is system is the same host and notify
is perfect in that scenario.

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Kai Stian Olstad

[Chris]

Apologies if that was not clear.

On my ansible server I have files that I want to copy to remote servers. I only want to restart a service if a specific file was copied and not just any other file. My example shows two files, but I only want to restart the syslog service if the syslog file is copied. Additionally I don't want to restart the syslog service on all of the inventoried servers just the ones with the updated file.

I hope that makes my question more clear.

Chris

[Jonathan Lozada De La Matta]

use handlers https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.6/user_guide/playbooks_intro.html#handlers-running-operations-on-change

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[Kai Stian Olstad]

On 05.09.2018 22:12, Chris wrote:
> Apologies if that was not clear.
>
> On my ansible server I have files that I want to copy to remote
> servers. I
> only want to restart a service if a specific file was copied and not
> just
> any other file. My example shows two files, but I only want to restart
> the
> syslog service if the syslog file is copied. Additionally I don't want
> to
> restart the syslog service on all of the inventoried servers just the
> ones
> with the updated file.

That's exactly what notify/handlers does, it only notify if it's a
change.
So if you add a key to your list called notify then you can have notify:
'{{ item.notify | default(omit) }}' on the task.
So any entry in the list that don't have notify key will just omit
notify entirely.

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Kai Stian Olstad

[Chris]

Thank you, this is the answer I was searching for with my question.

I will add a notify key and then use a handler off of the key.