When executing something like "ansible all -m command -a "shutdown now" --ask-pass -b" on ubuntu server 16 ansible will power off the machine, but return the error
192.168.0.2 | FAILED | rc=0 >>
MODULE FAILURE
The solution is to add the delay before shutdown command using shell module and sleep.
shutdown.yml:
---
- hosts: all
tasks:
- name: shutdown
shell: nohup bash -c "sleep 2s && shutdown now" &
async: 0
poll: 0
ignore_errors: true
become: true
- name: wait for server power off
local_action: wait_for host="{{ inventory_hostname }}"
state=stopped port=22 delay=10 timeout=300
become: false
Wait for server fower off task will check that at least ssh on the host is down. But it will not notify if shutdown itself hangs.
