Howto add a task from a callback

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what is the right way to add a task to the end of a playbook from a callback

i need to add a task based on an if in the callback “playbook_on_start”

can you give me an example of an simlpe command taks like echo “hello” (i dont need vars)

Thanks!

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callbacks have no influence on playbooks, they are to handle output
from plays/tasks, information only goes in one direction.

if you need a conditional task, put it int the play

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hmmm, code do no look “read only”

and how can add a task, without adding it to >100 playbooks

write an own “ansible-playbook” wrapper?

is there any better docs than:
http://docs.ansible.com/developing_api.html

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what are you trying to accomplish? what is this task for?

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logging on server which user, ran which playbook, when

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Ansible already writes to syslog on the target machines also you can
turn on a more detail ansible log on the 'master' in ansible.cfg, In
general I would advice using a callback that writes to syslog (there
is an example in the repo, but it does json/syslog). For your case, if
you just want play name and user, it might be worth patching the
existing logging to add that information.

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thanks

sounds like patching “log” is the best way