how to execute a handler if a file is found

[Dan Idar]

Hello

I would like to be able to find the files that are bigger than a certain dize and then restart a service if this happens because it mean the rotation is not working after the configurtion update

the find module does not 'change' when the file is found or not and i know i can trigger a change using

when_changed: true

per instance:

---

- hosts: all
  gather_facts: false
  handlers:
   - name: start service
     command: service auditd restart
     args:
       warn: false
     

  tasks:
     - name: find files
       find:
         path: /var/log
         patterns: '*.log'
         size: 100m
       register: bigfiles


       

how would I execute the handler and the find files task never changes

i only want to start the service on server that have such big files..

thanks

[Matt Martz]

Maybe something like this:

     - name: find files

       find:

         path: /var/log

         patterns: '*.log'

         size: 100m

       register: bigfiles

       changed_when: bigfiles.files != []

       notify: start service

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[Dick Visser]

On Tue, 19 May 2020 at 21:29, Dan Idar <dan78...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello
> I would like to be able to find the files that are bigger than a certain dize and then restart a service if this happens because it mean the rotation is not working after the configurtion update

Ansible would also be a great tool to prevent breakage like "rotation
is not working after configuration update" from occurring in the first
place.
You might want to fix that, at some point.