"offline is not a failure" how?

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Hi,

I have a play in AWX that is running against a group of windows hosts, but I
have a few more hosts that *could* be part of that group but they aren't
always running.

How can I include those hosts in that group, but not have the play marked as
failed if these hosts are offline when the play runs?

Cheers
MH

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and related: what is the scope of a dynamic group? if I modify a group from
within a play, are the modifications only visible in that play, or in other
plays in the same workflow as well?

Cheers
MH

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Hi,

I had a similar use case and I tried first to ping that host and if it’s not reachable add that to an “unreachable” group. Then exclude that group from all other plays.
Here’s an example:

  • name: Check if hosts are reachable
    hosts: all

gather_facts: false

tasks:

  • name: ping host
    ping:
    register: _check_ping
    ignore_unreachable: true

  • name: add unreachable hosts to new group
    add_host:
    name: “{{ inventory_hostname }}”
    groups: unreachable
    when: _check_ping.unreachable|default(false)

  • name: Setup ESXi Hosts
    hosts: all:!unreachable
    gather_facts: false

…

Regards
Stefan