How to specify multiple groups in ansible playbook.

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Hello,

I’m wondering how to specify multiple groups in a Ansible playbook??

I followed the correct syntax but it reports error “skipping: no hosts matched”

Playbook code is as below:

  • name: Install IIS on the newly provisioned Azure Windows Web Servers
    hosts: webserver
    gather_facts: yes
    tasks:

  • name: Install IIS (Web-Server and Web-Common-Http)
    win_feature:
    name:

  • Web-Server

  • Web-Common-Http
    state: present

  • name: Install IIS Web-Server with sub features and management tools
    win_feature:
    name: Web-Server
    state: present
    include_sub_features: True
    include_management_tools: True
    register: feature_install

  • name: Print variable
    debug:
    var: feature_install

  • name: reboot if installing Web-Server feature requires it
    win_reboot:
    when: feature_install.reboot_required

  • name: Install .Net Framework 3.5 on AOS and Web Servers
    hosts: webserver:&aosserver
    gather_facts: yes
    tasks:

  • name: Install .Net Framework 3.5
    win_feature:
    name: NET-Framework-Features
    include_sub_features: True
    state: present
    register: dotnet35_install

  • name: Print variable
    debug:
    var: dontnet35_install

  • name: reboot if installing Web-Server feature requires it
    win_reboot:
    when: dotnet35_install.reboot_required

  • name: Install .Net Framework 4.5 on AOS and Web Servers
    hosts: webserver:&aosserver
    gather_facts: yes
    tasks:

  • name: Install .Net Framework 4.5
    win_feature:
    name: NET-Framework-45-Features
    include_sub_features: True
    state: present
    register: dotnet45_install

  • name: Print variable
    debug:
    var: dontnet45_install

  • name: reboot if installing Web-Server feature requires it
    win_reboot:
    when: dotnet45_install.reboot_required

When I run, the first part of webserver works well, but for aosserver I get the below error

TASK [reboot if installing Web-Server feature requires it] ***************************************************************************************************************
task path: /media/sf_C_DRIVE/OnlyOnMyPC/ansible/playbooks.V4/apply-iis.yml:24
skipping: [10.100.3.11] => {
“changed”: false,
“skip_reason”: “Conditional result was False”
}
skipping: [10.100.3.12] => {
“changed”: false,
“skip_reason”: “Conditional result was False”
}
META: ran handlers
META: ran handlers

PLAY [Install .Net Framework 3.5 on AOS and Web Servers] *****************************************************************************************************************
skipping: no hosts matched

PLAY [Install .Net Framework 4.5 on AOS and Web Servers] *****************************************************************************************************************
skipping: no hosts matched

PLAY RECAP ***************************************************************************************************************************************************************
10.100.3.11 : ok=4 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=0
10.100.3.12 : ok=4 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=0

My inventory file is like below

cat inventory/hosts
[aosserver]
10.100.3.4
10.100.3.6

[webserver]
10.100.3.11
10.100.3.12

Wondering what I am doing wrong here?

Kindly assist

Thank you very much.

Kind Regards,
Ameya Agashe

2

One way to achieve the result is modifying your hosts file as below, could help.

`
[aosserver]
10.100.3.4
10.100.3.6

[webserver]
10.100.3.11
10.100.3.12

[webaos:children]
aosserver
webserver

`

and, use webaos in the target group/hosts.

3

You can also just comma-separate a list of groups like:

hosts: aosserver,webserver

4

Many thanks to you both! Much appreciated. It’s working now.

Kind Regards,
Ameya Agashe