win_wait_for - Waits for a condition before continuing

New in version 2.4.

Synopsis

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
connect_timeout
int
 Default:
5
The maximum number of seconds to wait for a connection to happen before closing and retrying.
delay
int
The number of seconds to wait before starting to poll.
exclude_hosts
list
The list of hosts or IPs to ignore when looking for active TCP connections when state=drained.
host Default:
127.0.0.1
A resolvable hostname or IP address to wait for.
If state=drained then it will only check for connections on the IP specified, you can use '0.0.0.0' to use all host IPs.
path
path
The path to a file on the filesystem to check.
If state is present or started then it will wait until the file exists.
If state is absent then it will wait until the file does not exist.
port
int
The port number to poll on host.
search_regex
Can be used to match a string in a file.
If state is present or started then it will wait until the regex matches.
If state is absent then it will wait until the regex does not match.
Defaults to a multiline regex.
sleep
int
 Default:
1
Number of seconds to sleep between checks.
state
    Choices:
  • absent
  • drained
  • present
  • started ←
  • stopped
When checking a port, started will ensure the port is open, stopped will check that is it closed and drained will check for active connections.
When checking for a file or a search string present or started will ensure that the file or string is present, absent will check that the file or search string is absent or removed.
timeout
int
 Default:
300
The maximum number of seconds to wait for.

Examples

- name: wait 300 seconds for port 8000 to become open on the host, don't start checking for 10 seconds
  win_wait_for:
    port: 8000
    delay: 10

- name: wait 150 seconds for port 8000 of any IP to close active connections
  win_wait_for:
    host: 0.0.0.0
    port: 8000
    state: drained
    timeout: 150

- name: wait for port 8000 of any IP to close active connection, ignoring certain hosts
  win_wait_for:
    host: 0.0.0.0
    port: 8000
    state: drained
    exclude_hosts: ['10.2.1.2', '10.2.1.3']

- name: wait for file C:\temp\log.txt to exist before continuing
  win_wait_for:
    path: C:\temp\log.txt

- name: wait until process complete is in the file before continuing
  win_wait_for:
    path: C:\temp\log.txt
    search_regex: process complete

- name: wait until file if removed
  win_wait_for:
    path: C:\temp\log.txt
    state: absent

- name: wait until port 1234 is offline but try every 10 seconds
  win_wait_for:
    port: 1234
    state: absent
    sleep: 10

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key Returned Description
elapsed
float
 always
The elapsed seconds between the start of poll and the end of the module. This includes the delay if the option is set.

Sample:
2.1406487
wait_attempts
int
 always
The number of attempts to poll the file or port before module finishes.

Sample:
1


Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

Maintenance

This module is flagged as community which means that it is maintained by the Ansible Community. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.

For a list of other modules that are also maintained by the Ansible Community, see here.

Author

  • Jordan Borean (@jborean93)

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