--- - name: Tests machine connections via Ansible Tower/Ansible Automation Platform hosts: all gather_facts: no become: no vars: induce_failure : "{{ tower_induce_failure | default('yes') }}" host_to_fail : "{{ tower_host_to_fail | default('lab-prod-1') }}" tasks: - name: Run tests against various hosts block: - name: "Test #1 - whoami" command: cmd: whoami register: r_cmd_whoami - name: "Results #1 - whoami" debug: msg: - "rc : {{ r_cmd_whoami.rc }}" - "stdout : {{ r_cmd_whoami.stdout }}" - "stderr : {{ r_cmd_whoami.stderr }}" - name: "Test #2 - uptime" command: cmd: uptime register: r_cmd_uptime - name: "Results #2 - uptime" debug: msg: - "rc : {{ r_cmd_uptime.rc }}" - "stdout : {{ r_cmd_uptime.stdout }}" - "stderr : {{ r_cmd_uptime.stderr }}" - name: "Test #3 - induce failure (but only for a specified host)" command: cmd: /bin/false when: - inventory_hostname == host_to_fail - induce_failure rescue: - name: Exception caught! debug: msg: "Fail condition for {{ inventory_hostname }}!" always: - name: Job complete debug: msg: "Job has completed." ...