separate it into 2 plays, the first using hosts: localhost (or the control server), this runs all the tasks you only want to run once (downloads), the 2nd play can have the deploy to the target hosts.
You can have multiple plays per file and per invocation. On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 7:00 AM, Torsten Reinhard <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > we are working on some playbooks that will deploy Maven artifacts (*.tar, > *.zip) to our target environments. > Due to the fact the target environment cannot directly access the Nexus > Server (artifact repository) we need first to download them onto the > control-machine > - and copy/ synchronize from there to the target servers. > > When we implement the "download from Nexus" as just a simple task (inside > a role) - it would be executed for each host when the playbook is run. > for( host : hosts ) > { > task: download > task: copy to host > task: install to host > } > > Is there any way to execute "run only once" tasks, before looping over all > hosts is executed ? > > pre-task: download > for( host : hosts ) > { > task: copy to host > task: install to host > } > > Some kind of "hook" where we can put preparation tasks ? > > Thanx for any hints, > > Torsten > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ansible Project" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/1c8a50dc-1d2d-4533-903a-54570a935014%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/1c8a50dc-1d2d-4533-903a-54570a935014%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Brian Coca -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAJ5XC8m4goeFtcqLFbv%2BMzLXw1D599oQbOhxoykbzFDhC_V6Fg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
