If you want to force the handler to run in between the two tasks instead of at the end of the play, you need to put this between the two tasks:

`- meta: flush_handlers`

Example taken from the ansible [documentation][1] :

    tasks:
       - shell: some tasks go here
       - meta: flush_handlers
       - shell: some other tasks

Note that this will cause *all* pending handlers to run at that point, not just that specific one.


  [1]: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/ansible/builtin/meta_module.html#examples



I use the PyCharm IDE which assists with crafting PEP0257-compliant docstrings. It provides two attributes I don&#39;t entirely understand the distinction/use between:

 - `:raise Exception: exception explanation here`
 - `:raises Exception: exception explanation here`

When would I use `raise` as opposes to `raises` in my docstring? Specifically, if a class required an argument that was not provided and raises a `TypeError`, which should be used to document that?

Python Docstring: raise vs. raises

I got this permission denied problem when I want to `ssh` to my `ec2` host. I tried existing solution `chmod 600 &quot;My.pem&quot;` but still didn&#39;t work. Here is my debug information:

    debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config
    debug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 21: Applying options for *
    debug1: Connecting to 54.223.47.74 [54.223.47.74] port 22.
    debug1: Connection established.
    debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory
    debug1: identity file My.pem type -1
    debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory
    debug1: identity file My.pem-cert type -1
    debug1: Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0
    debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_6.9
    debug1: Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version OpenSSH_6.6.1
    debug1: match: OpenSSH_6.6.1 pat OpenSSH_6.6.1* compat 0x04000000
    debug1: Authenticating to 54.223.47.74:22 as &#39;root&#39;
    debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent
    debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT received
    debug1: kex: server-&gt;client chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com &lt;implicit&gt; none
    debug1: kex: client-&gt;server chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com &lt;implicit&gt; none
    debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_ECDH_REPLY
    debug1: Server host key: ecdsa-sha2-nistp256 SHA256:tfjxcE5kePSv1cJK7SWBp/56kgm2DQkyPLSLZ4d73Io
    debug1: Host &#39;54.223.47.74&#39; is known and matches the ECDSA host key.
    debug1: Found key in /Users/tan/.ssh/known_hosts:24
    debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS sent
    debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS
    debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS received
    debug1: Roaming not allowed by server
    debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_REQUEST sent
    debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT received
    debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,gssapi-keyex,gssapi-with-mic
    debug1: Next authentication method: publickey
    debug1: Trying private key: My.pem
    debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,gssapi-keyex,gssapi-with-mic
    debug1: No more authentication methods to try.
    Permission denied (publickey,gssapi-keyex,gssapi-with-mic).

EC2 ssh Permission denied (publickey,gssapi-keyex,gssapi-with-mic)

I have a playbook which should configure on specified IP, and than connect to this app to configure stuff inside.

I&#39;ve got a problem: I need to restart app after I&#39;ve changed anything in app config, and if I do not restart app, connection to it failed (no connection because app knows nothing about new config with new IP address I&#39;m trying to access).

My current playbook:

    tasks:
    - name: Configure app
      template: src=app.conf.j2 dest=/etc/app.conf
      notify: restart app

    - name: Change data in app
      configure_app: host={{new_ip}} data={{data}}

    handlers:
    - name: restart app
      service: name=app state=restarted

I need to force the handler to run if `configure_app` changed before executing &#39;Change data in app&#39;.


How to force handler to run before executing a task in Ansible?

I have a playbook which should configure on specified IP, and than connect to this app to configure stuff inside.
I've got a problem: I need to restart app after I've changed anything in app config, and if I do not restart app, connection to it failed (no connection because app knows nothing about new config with new IP address I'm trying to access).
My current playbook:
<pre><code class="hljs language-yaml">tasks:
- name: Configure app
 template: src=app.conf.j2 dest=/etc/app.conf
 notify: restart app

- name: Change data in app
 configure_app: host={{new_ip}} data={{data}}

handlers:
- name: restart app
 service: name=app state=restarted
</code></pre>
I need to force the handler to run if <code>configure_app</code> changed before executing 'Change data in app'.

In Ansible (1.9.4) or 2.0.0

I ran the following action:

    - debug: msg=&quot;line1 \n {{ var2 }} \n line3 with var3 = {{ var3 }}&quot;


**$ cat roles/setup_jenkins_slave/tasks/main.yml**

    - debug: msg=&quot;Installing swarm slave = {{ slave_name }} at {{ slaves_dir }}/{{ slave_name }}&quot;
      tags:
        - koba
    
    - debug: msg=&quot;1 == Slave properties = fsroot[ {{ slave_fsroot }} ], master[ {{ slave_master }} ], connectingToMasterAs[ {{ slave_user }} ], description[ {{ slave_desc }} ], No.Of.Executors[ {{ slave_execs }} ], LABELs[ {{ slave_labels }} ], mode[ {{ slave_mode }} ]&quot;
      tags:
        - koba
    
    
    - debug: msg=&quot;print(2 == Slave properties = \n\nfsroot[ {{ slave_fsroot }} ],\n master[ {{ slave_master }} ],\n connectingToMasterAs[ {{ slave_user }} ],\n description[ {{ slave_desc }} ],\n No.Of.Executors[ {{ slave_execs }} ],\n LABELs[ {{ slave_labels }} ],\n mode[ {{ slave_mode }} ])&quot;
      tags:
        - koba

But this is not printing the variable with new lines (for the 3rd debug action)?




Ansible - Print message - debug: msg=&quot;line1 \n {{ var2 }} \n line3 with var3 = {{ var3 }}&quot;

I generate files with ansible on remote host and after this generation, I would like to read theses files in another task.

I don&#39;t find any module to read remote file with ansible (lookup seems only on local host).

Do you know a module like this ?

Thanks

**EDIT:**

Here is my use case:

I generate ssh keys and I add it to github. These keys are setting by an object in var files so I loop like this to generate it:

        tasks:
      - name: Create ssh key
        user:
          name: &quot;{{sshConfigFile.user}}&quot;
          generate_ssh_key: yes
          ssh_key_file: &quot;.ssh/{{item.value.file}}&quot;
          state: present
        with_dict: &quot;{{sshConfiguration}}&quot;

It works very fine but how read these keys to send it to github via the API ?

Ansible: read remote file

I&#39;m trying to execute ansible2 commnads...

When I do:

    ansible-playbook -vvv -i my/inventory my/playbook.yml

I get:

&gt; Unexpected Exception: name &#39;basestring&#39; is not defined
the full traceback was:

&gt;     Traceback (most recent call last):
      File &quot;/usr/local/bin/ansible-playbook&quot;, line 85, in &lt;module&gt;
        sys.exit(cli.run())
      File &quot;/usr/local/lib/python3.4/site-packages/ansible/cli/playbook.py&quot;, line 150, in run
        results = pbex.run()
      File &quot;/usr/local/lib/python3.4/site-packages/ansible/executor/playbook_executor.py&quot;, line 87, in run
        self._tqm.load_callbacks()
      File &quot;/usr/local/lib/python3.4/site-packages/ansible/executor/task_queue_manager.py&quot;, line 149, in load_callbacks
        elif isinstance(self._stdout_callback, basestring):
    NameError: name &#39;basestring&#39; is not defined

Here is `ansible --version`:

    ansible 2.0.0.2
      config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg
      configured module search path = Default w/o overrides

And here is `python --version`

    Python 3.4.3

Unexpected Exception: name &#39;basestring&#39; is not defined when invoking ansible2

I&#39;m customizing linux `users` creation inside my role. I need to let users of my role customize `home_directory`, `group_name`, `name`, `password`. 

I was wondering if there&#39;s a more flexible way to cope with default values. 

I know that the code below is possible:

    - name: Create default
      user:
        name: &quot;default_name&quot;
      when: my_variable is not defined

     - name: Create custom
      user:
        name: &quot;{{my_variable}}&quot;
      when: my_variable is defined

But as I mentioned, there&#39;s a lot of optional variables and this creates a lot of possibilities.

Is there something like the code above?

    user:
      name: &quot;default_name&quot;, &quot;{{my_variable}}&quot;

The code should set `name=&quot;default_name&quot;` when `my_variable` isn&#39;t defined.

I could set all variables on `defaults/main.yml` and create the user like that:

    - name: Create user
      user:
        name: &quot;{{my_variable}}&quot;

But those variables are inside a really big hash and there are some hashes inside that hash that can&#39;t be a default.



Ansible - Use default if a variable is not defined

Is there a way to check playbook syntax and variables?

I&#39;m trying to dry-run(--check) but for some reasons it works really slow. It looks like it tries to perform an action instead of just check the syntax

I want to omit en errors like this:

    ...&quot;msg&quot;: &quot;AnsibleUndefinedVariable: ERROR! &#39;application_name&#39; is undefined&quot;}

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EC2 ssh Permission denied (publickey,gssapi-keyex,gssapi-with-mic)

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