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# Proposal: Re-run handlers cli option
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*Author*: René Moser <@resmo>
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*Date*: 07/03/2016
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- Status: New
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## Motivation
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The most annoying thing users face using ansible in production is running handlers manually after a task failed after a notified handler.
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### Problems
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Handler notifications get lost after a task failed and there is no help from ansible to catch up the notified handlers in a next ansible playbook run.
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~~~yaml
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- hosts: localhost
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gather_facts: no
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tasks:
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- name: simple task
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shell: echo foo
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notify: get msg out
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- name: this tasks fails
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fail: msg="something went wrong"
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handlers:
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- name: get msg out
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shell: echo handler run
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~~~
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Result:
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~~~
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$ ansible-playbook test.yml
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PLAY ***************************************************************************
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TASK [simple task] *************************************************************
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changed: [localhost]
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TASK [this tasks fails] ********************************************************
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fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "failed": true, "msg": "something went wrong"}
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NO MORE HOSTS LEFT *************************************************************
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RUNNING HANDLER [get msg out] **************************************************
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to retry, use: --limit @test.retry
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PLAY RECAP *********************************************************************
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localhost : ok=1 changed=1 unreachable=0 failed=1
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~~~
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## Solution proposal
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Similar to retry, ansible should provide a way to manully invoke a list of handlers additionaly to the notified handlers in the plays:
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~~~
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$ ansible-playbook test.yml --notify-handlers <handler>,<handler>,<handler>
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$ ansible-playbook test.yml --notify-handlers @test.handlers
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~~~
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Example:
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$ ansible-playbook test.yml --notify-handlers "get msg out"
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~~~
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The stdout of a failed play should provide an example how to run notified handlers in the next run:
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~~~
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...
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RUNNING HANDLER [get msg out] **************************************************
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to retry, use: --limit @test.retry --notify-handlers @test.handlers
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~~~
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