Handle Task Errors with Blocks, Rescue, and Always
Use ignore_errors, failed_when, changed_when, block/rescue/always, and any_errors_fatal to build resilient playbooks that handle failures gracefully.
Lab Overview
Production Ansible playbooks must handle failures gracefully. In this lab, you will learn Ansible's error handling mechanisms.
You will:
- Use ignore_errors to continue past task failures
- Define custom failure conditions with failed_when
- Control changed status with changed_when
- Use block/rescue/always for try/catch/finally style error handling
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Prerequisites
rhce-task-control
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