Check connectivity to NFS servers and update exports accordingly on those which succeed the connection

bigboot_rear_nfs_export.yml

@@ -1,6 +1,28 @@
 ---
-- name: Perform logical volume and boot parition resizing as needed
+- name: Check SSH connectivity and create group of reachable hosts
   hosts: rear_server
+  gather_facts: false
+  become: true
+
+  tasks:
+    - name: Check SSH connectivity
+      ansible.builtin.ping:
+      register: result
+      failed_when: false
+
+    - name: Clear unreachable host errors
+      ansible.builtin.meta: clear_host_errors
+
+    - name: Add reachable hosts to group
+      ansible.builtin.group_by:
+        key: reachable_hosts
+      when:
+        - result['ping'] is defined
+        - "'pong' in result['ping']"
+
+
+- name: Update NFS exports on reachable servers
+  hosts: reachable_hosts
   become: true
   gather_facts: false
 
@@ -8,6 +30,12 @@
     - bigboot_vars.yml
 
   tasks:
+    - name: Grab the template name
+      ansible.builtin.set_stats:
+        data:
+          nfs_exports_template_name: "{{ tower_job_template_name }}"
+        aggregate: true
+
     - name: Create IP list and add to NFS exports
       ansible.builtin.include_tasks: tasks/rear_nfs_exports.yml
       loop: "{{ bigboot_data | dict2items }}"