Subsequent play do not runs when upper one fails

[amit ahuja]

Hi,

i have a condition where lower plays don't get executed when upper play fail on some condition . i need to run my second play also inside same yml file if  above play gets fail, how can i do this ?? play with localhost group dont get executed. 

my play looks like below- 

---

- hosts: redhat

  vars_files:

    - group_vars/redhat.yml

  tasks:

  - debug:

        msg: "{{ file }}"

  - fail: msg="failing"

    when: file == 'abc'

- hosts: localhost

  tasks:

  - name: execute command

    shell: hostname

    register: result

  - debug:

      msg: "{{result}}"

*******************O/P ***********************

[admin@ansible-poc ansible]$ ansible-playbook redhat.yml

PLAY [redhat] **********************************************************************************************************************************************************

TASK [Gathering Facts] *************************************************************************************************************************************************

ok: [169.144.61.82]

TASK [debug] ***********************************************************************************************************************************************************

ok: [169.144.61.82] => {

    "msg": "abc"

}

TASK [fail] ************************************************************************************************************************************************************

fatal: [169.144.61.82]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "msg": "failing"}

        to retry, use: --limit @/home/admin/ansible/redhat.retry

PLAY RECAP *************************************************************************************************************************************************************

169.144.61.82              : ok=2    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=1

[Brian Coca]

put the previous play in a block and use 'rescue' to avoid total play faliure

by design if a play fully fails, it terminates the current run


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Brian Coca