Ansible: Perform Cleanup on Task Failure

Question

I\'m currently writing an Ansible play that follows this general format and is run via a cron job:

pre_tasks:
  -Configuration / package installation

tasks:
           


        

Answer 1

Don't use post_tasks block but rather have your cleanup process as part of regular tasks.

Answer 2

You should use handlers (http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/playbooks_intro.html) and set:

force_handlers: true

Please give a look to KubeNow's integration test (https://github.com/kubenow/KubeNow/blob/master/test/integration-test.yml).

Answer 3

This feature became available in Ansible 2.0:

This is the documentation for the new stanza markers block, rescue, and always.