playbook within playbook with return code

Question

I want to include a playbook in the master playbook. However if anything fails in the include playbooks, master playbook should exit out without running further tasks specified in it.

MasterPlaybook.yml

    - include: playbook1.yml
    - include: playbook2.yml

    - name: copy file
      shell: echo "hello"

    - name: list other one
      shell: echo "Hi"

playbook1.yml

  - name: list task
    shell: ls /tmp/ | grep text.html


   - name: list file 
     shell: ls /root/ | grep text2.html

playbook2.yml

   - name: list task
     shell: ls /tmp/ | grep text.html


   - name: list file 
     shell: ls /root/ | grep text2.html

So in the above example if any task fail in playbook1.yml, the rest of the tasks in master should not get executed

Konstantin Suvorov · Answer 1 · 2019-02-21T16:52:33.717

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For playbooks you can use any_errors_fatal: yes.

For tasks you can use rescue block meta: end_play.

Update:

You have list of tasks, and not a playbook. So your filenames are misleading.

Anyway, you may want something like this:

- hosts: all
  tasks:
    - block:
        - include_tasks: file1.yml
      rescue:
        - meta: end_play
    - include_tasks: file2.yml
    - shell: echo ok

In this case if any task in file1.yml fails, meta: end_play will fire to stop playbook right away.

edited Feb 21 '19 at 16:52

answered Feb 21 '19 at 14:55

Konstantin Suvorov

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For tasks, I can manage ignore_errors Im more concerned about not executing playbooks. Can you please share an example how it can be achived with rescue block meta: end_play – DevOps Learner Feb 21 '19 at 15:23
Please provide MCVE playbooks in your original post, so I can edit them to fullfill your requirements. – Konstantin Suvorov Feb 21 '19 at 15:27
Done, please check – DevOps Learner Feb 21 '19 at 15:47

playbook within playbook with return code

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