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I am trying to start a server using ansible shell module with ipmitools and then do configuration change on that server once its up.

Server with ansible installed also has ipmitools.

On server with ansible i need to execute ipmitools to start target server and then execute playbooks on it.

Is there a way to execute local ipmi commands on server running ansible to start target server through ansible and then execute all playbooks over ssh on target server.

Kevin Parker
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You can run any command locally by providing the delegate_to parameter.

- shell: ipmitools ...
  delegate_to: localhost

If ansible complains about connecting to localhost via ssh, you need to add an entry in your inventory like this:

localhost              ansible_connection=local

or in host_vars/localhost:

ansible_connection: local

See behavioral parameters.

Next, you're going to need to wait until the server is booted and accessible though ssh. Here is an article from Ansible covering this topic and this is the task they have listed:

- name: Wait for Server to Restart
  local_action:
    wait_for
    host={{ inventory_hostname }}
    port=22
    delay=15
    timeout=300
  sudo: false

If that doesn't work (since it is an older article and I think I previously had issues with this solution) you can look into the answers of this SO question.

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udondan
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    thanks @udondan its almost working except that with wait_for module i want to loop over "host={{item.ipaddress}}" or "host=[webservers]" is it possible?? https://paste.fedoraproject.org/250894/14385919/ but returns "One or more undefined variables: 'item' is undefined" – Kevin Parker Aug 03 '15 at 08:53
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    sorry my bad i missed with_items: thanks now its working :) – Kevin Parker Aug 03 '15 at 08:58