Ansible task type of state

In this tutorial, find out ansible type of state. Ansible the essential for DevOps Roles.

Ansible task type of state

skip

– The skip task and nothing. using when: false

do –> ok

– The task is successful.

do -> changed

– The status when a change occurred in the task. Using “changed_when: yes”

do -> failed -> exit

– Using “failed_when: yes”. This task return failed and exit.

Ansible playbook task

- hosts:
    - localhost
  tasks:
    - name: skip
      debug:
        msg: skipped
      when: false

    - name: do -> ok
      debug:
        msg: task done and return ok

    - name: do -> changed
      debug:
        msg: task has done and return changed
      changed_when: yes

    - name: do -> failed -> exit
      debug:
        msg: return failed, and exit
      failed_when: yes

The terminal output as below

Ansible task type of state

Conclusion

Thought the article, you can use Ansible task type of state. I hope will this your helpful. More details refer to Ansible tutorial.

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