Chapter 5: Implementing Task Control

Manage task control, handlers and task errors in Ansible Playbooks.

What you will learn

• Use loops to write efficient tasks, and use conditions to control when tasks run.
• Implement a task that runs only when another task changes the managed host.
• Control what happens when a task fails, and what conditions cause a task to fail.

Sections

1. Writing loops
2. Running tasks conditionally
3. Exercise: Loops and conditional tasks
4. Implementing handlers
5. Exercise: Implementing handlers
6. Handling task failure
7. Exercise: Handling task failure
8. Exercise: Implementing task control
9. Ansible task control quiz
10. Ansible task control cheat sheet