How to specify multiple groups in ansible playbook.

[ameya agashe]

Hello,

I'm wondering how to specify multiple groups in a Ansible playbook??

I followed the correct syntax but it reports error "skipping: no hosts matched"

Playbook code is as below:

- name: Install IIS on the newly provisioned Azure Windows Web Servers

  hosts: webserver

  gather_facts: yes

  tasks:

  - name: Install IIS (Web-Server and Web-Common-Http)

    win_feature:

      name:

      - Web-Server

      - Web-Common-Http

      state: present

  - name: Install IIS Web-Server with sub features and management tools

    win_feature:

      name: Web-Server

      state: present

      include_sub_features: True

      include_management_tools: True

    register: feature_install

  - name: Print variable

    debug:

      var: feature_install

  - name: reboot if installing Web-Server feature requires it

    win_reboot:

    when: feature_install.reboot_required

- name: Install .Net Framework 3.5 on AOS and Web Servers

  hosts: webserver:&aosserver

  gather_facts: yes

  tasks:

  - name: Install .Net Framework 3.5

    win_feature:

      name: NET-Framework-Features

      include_sub_features: True

      state: present

    register: dotnet35_install

  - name: Print variable

    debug:

      var: dontnet35_install

  - name: reboot if installing Web-Server feature requires it

    win_reboot:

    when: dotnet35_install.reboot_required

- name: Install .Net Framework 4.5 on AOS and Web Servers

  hosts: webserver:&aosserver

  gather_facts: yes

  tasks:

  - name: Install .Net Framework 4.5

    win_feature:

      name: NET-Framework-45-Features

      include_sub_features: True

      state: present

    register: dotnet45_install

  - name: Print variable

    debug:

      var: dontnet45_install

  - name: reboot if installing Web-Server feature requires it

    win_reboot:

    when: dotnet45_install.reboot_required

When I run, the first part of webserver works well, but for aosserver I get the below error

TASK [reboot if installing Web-Server feature requires it] ***************************************************************************************************************

task path: /media/sf_C_DRIVE/OnlyOnMyPC/ansible/playbooks.V4/apply-iis.yml:24

skipping: [10.100.3.11] => {

    "changed": false,

    "skip_reason": "Conditional result was False"

}

skipping: [10.100.3.12] => {

    "changed": false,

    "skip_reason": "Conditional result was False"

}

META: ran handlers

META: ran handlers

PLAY [Install .Net Framework 3.5 on AOS and Web Servers] *****************************************************************************************************************

skipping: no hosts matched

PLAY [Install .Net Framework 4.5 on AOS and Web Servers] *****************************************************************************************************************

skipping: no hosts matched

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

10.100.3.11                : ok=4    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=0

10.100.3.12                : ok=4    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=0

My inventory file is like below

cat inventory/hosts

[aosserver]

10.100.3.4

10.100.3.6

[webserver]

10.100.3.11

10.100.3.12

Wondering what I am doing wrong here?

Kindly assist

Thank you very much.

Kind Regards,

Ameya Agashe

[Bharath Kumar]

One way to achieve the result is modifying your hosts file as below, could help.

[aosserver]
10.100.3.4
10.100.3.6


[webserver]
10.100.3.11
10.100.3.12

[webaos:children]
aosserver
webserver

and, use webaos in the target group/hosts. 

[Michael Mullay]

You can also just comma-separate a list of groups like:

hosts: aosserver,webserver

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[ameya agashe]

Many thanks to you both! Much appreciated. It's working now.

Kind Regards,

Ameya Agashe

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