#!/usr/bin/python # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- # Copyright 2012 Dag Wieers # # This file is part of Ansible # # Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by # the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or # (at your option) any later version. # # Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the # GNU General Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License # along with Ansible. If not, see . DOCUMENTATION = ''' --- module: fail short_description: Fail with custom message description: - This module fails the progress with a custom message. It can be useful for bailing out when a certain condition is met using only_if. version_added: "0.8" options: msg: description: - The customized message used for failing execution. If ommited, fail will simple bail out with a generic message. required: false default: "'Failed because only_if condition is true'" rc: description: - The return code of the failure. This is currently not used by Ansible, but might be used in the future. required: false default: 1 examples: - code: | fail: msg="The system may not be provisioned according to the CMDB status." rc=100 only_if: "'$cmdb_status' != 'to-be-staged'" description: "Example playbook using fail and only_if together" author: Dag Wieers ''' def main(): module = AnsibleModule( argument_spec = dict( msg = dict(default='Failed because only_if condition is true'), rc = dict(default=1), ) ) module.fail_json(rc=module.params['rc'], msg=module.params['msg']) # this is magic, see lib/ansible/module_common.py #<> main()