local_action when unreachable.

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1

Seems like this should be pretty simple, but I can’t seem to find a way to do it. Is there some way to perform a local_action whenever a target is unreachable? I just want to post to a slack channel if ping fails.

~Bill

2

You could probably do this with sth like this:

(in a playbook)

  • host: unreachable_host
    gather_facts: false
    pre_tasks:

  • block:

  • name: Gathering facts
    setup:
    rescue:

  • name: local task
    debug:
    msg: …

3

Don’t think so. If a host unreachable, rescue never happens.

4

OK, this works: you store the results, clear errors on hosts and look for problem children.

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5

It will only work if at least one host is reachable, but that's probably good enough.

By the way, you don't need your two block: since they only have one task each.

6

Thanks. Yes, I had the blocks there because I had been playing with the rescue approach earlier.