--- - pattern: '*' hosts: /etc/ansible/hosts tasks: - name: config step action: setup a=2 b=3 c=4 - name: copy comand action: copy src=/srv/a dest=/srv/b notify: - restart apache - name: template step action: template src=/srv/template.j2 dest=/srv/file.out notify: - restart apache - name: execute bin false comment: call something that will fail just to demo failure counts and such action: command /bin/false handlers: - name: restart apache action: service name=httpd state=restarted