# -*- mode: python -*- DOCUMENTATION = ''' --- module: pause short_description: Pause playbook execution description: - Pauses playbook execution for a set amount of time, or until a prompt is acknowledged. All parameters are optional. The default behavior is to pause with a prompt. - "You can use C(ctrl+c) if you wish to advance a pause earlier than it is set to expire or if you need to abort a playbook run entirely. To continue early: press C(ctrl+c) and then C(c). To abort a playbook: press C(ctrl+c) and then C(a)." - "The pause module integrates into async/parallelized playbooks without any special considerations (see also: Rolling Updates). When using pauses with the C(serial) playbook parameter (as in rolling updates) you are only prompted once for the current group of hosts." version_added: 0.8 options: minutes: description: - Number of minutes to pause for. required: false default: null seconds: description: - Number of minutes to pause for. required: false default: null prompt: description: - Optional text to use for the prompt message. required: false default: null author: Tim Bielawa examples: - description: Pause for 5 minutes to build app cache. code: "pause: minutes=5" - description: Pause until you can verify updates to an application were successful. code: "pause:" - description: A helpful reminder of what to look out for post-update. code: 'pause: prompt="Make sure org.foo.FooOverload exception is not present"' '''