# are we allowed to tag a rescue block ? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [April 13, 2017, 12:03pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/are-we-allowed-to-tag-a-rescue-block/24218 "2017-04-13T12:03:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![fanvalt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/2bfe46/32.png) [@fanvalt](https://forum.ansible.com/u/fanvalt)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 12:03pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/are-we-allowed-to-tag-a-rescue-block/24218/1 "2017-04-13T12:03:17Z")
hello, I have a playbook running well, but I want to be able to restore files if it fails. So I want to add a block/rescue, I am allowed to tag the rescue so the restore of files will only run if I run my playbook with the --tags=“restore” ? Or do I Have to tag all the tasks in the rescue block ? here is an example: - block: - tasks: save the config file shell: chdir=/{{ Directoryname }} mv config {{ dirsav }}/ - rescue: - tasks: restore the config file shell: chdir=“{{ dirsav }}” mv config /{{ Directoryname }}/ tags: - restore Regards ---
**Author:** ![Phonthip\_Namkaew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/eada6e/32.png) [@Phonthip\_Namkaew](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Phonthip_Namkaew)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 2:00pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/are-we-allowed-to-tag-a-rescue-block/24218/2 "2017-04-13T14:00:04Z")
Not tested:   - tasks: restore the config file     shell: chdir="{{ dirsav }}" mv config /{{ Directoryname }}/     when: do\_restore is defined With restore: ansible-playbook myplaybook.yml --extra-vars="do\_restore=True" Without restore: ansible-playbook myplaybook.yml ---
**Author:** ![Phonthip\_Namkaew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/eada6e/32.png) [@Phonthip\_Namkaew](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Phonthip_Namkaew)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 2:12pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/are-we-allowed-to-tag-a-rescue-block/24218/3 "2017-04-13T14:12:19Z")
Not tested:   - tasks: restore the config file     shell: chdir="{{ dirsav }}" mv config /{{ Directoryname }}/     tags:        - restore With restore: ansible-playbook myplaybook.yml Without restore: ansible-playbook myplaybook.yml --skip-tags "restore" ---
**Author:** ![fanvalt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/2bfe46/32.png) [@fanvalt](https://forum.ansible.com/u/fanvalt)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 2:20pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/are-we-allowed-to-tag-a-rescue-block/24218/4 "2017-04-13T14:20:23Z")
thank you but my question is about the rescue reserved word ? Is it possible to run the rescue block with a tag instead of tagging all tasks in the rescue block ? Regards ---
**Author:** ![Brian\_Coca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@Brian\_Coca](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Brian_Coca)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 2:21pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/are-we-allowed-to-tag-a-rescue-block/24218/5 "2017-04-13T14:21:28Z")
You can tag the whole block or individual tasks within the block, there is no way to only tag the rescue/always part of a block. ---
**Author:** ![fanvalt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/2bfe46/32.png) [@fanvalt](https://forum.ansible.com/u/fanvalt)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 9:29am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/are-we-allowed-to-tag-a-rescue-block/24218/6 "2017-04-19T09:29:07Z")
Thank you, finally i cannot figure out how to work on my playbook. I have a main.yml with some includes, some are tags to skip them with the --skip-tags option. main.yml: - include: existence.yml … - include: installation.yml tags: - installation … - include: demarrage\_karaf.yml so if I use --skip-tags “installation”, this will only restart the karaf instance. If I don’t use any tags, the installation will be done and karaf will be restarted What I want is to add a restore option (tags) so if installation or any tasks failed, I can restore the old installation and restart karaf. I thought adding the main in a block rescue this way would work: block: - include: existence.yml … - include: installation.yml tags: - installation … - include: demarrage\_karaf.yml rescue: - include: failure.yml tags: - restore but if I run the playbook with only the --tags “restore” , it won’t run any tasks not tagged or the include tagged with the “installation” tags. Shall I tag all tasks with “always” tag ? Is there another way to proceed than using a restore tag ? Regards, ---
**Author:** ![fanvalt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/2bfe46/32.png) [@fanvalt](https://forum.ansible.com/u/fanvalt)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 9:34am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/are-we-allowed-to-tag-a-rescue-block/24218/7 "2017-04-19T09:34:38Z")
instead of tagging --tags “restore” when I want to restore, I guess the way to proceed is to use --skip-tags “restore” if I don’t want to restore ---
**Author:** ![PhilEv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@PhilEv](https://forum.ansible.com/u/PhilEv)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 2:23pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/are-we-allowed-to-tag-a-rescue-block/24218/8 "2017-04-19T14:23:44Z")
I would recommend to not use tag for conditional execution of part of a play/playbook Just A personal preference Phil