wait_for - Waits for a condition before continuing¶

- name: sleep for 300 seconds and continue with play
  wait_for: timeout=300
  delegate_to: localhost

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

- name: Wait 300 seconds for port 8000 of any IP to close active connections, don't start checking for 10 seconds
  wait_for:
    host: 0.0.0.0
    port: 8000
    delay: 10
    state: drained

- name: Wait 300 seconds for port 8000 of any IP to close active connections, ignoring connections for specified hosts
  wait_for:
    host: 0.0.0.0
    port: 8000
    state: drained
    exclude_hosts: 10.2.1.2,10.2.1.3

- name: Wait until the file /tmp/foo is present before continuing
  wait_for:
    path: /tmp/foo

- name: Wait until the string "completed" is in the file /tmp/foo before continuing
  wait_for:
    path: /tmp/foo
    search_regex: completed

- name: Wait until the lock file is removed
  wait_for:
    path: /var/lock/file.lock
    state: absent

- name: Wait until the process is finished and pid was destroyed
  wait_for:
    path: /proc/3466/status
    state: absent

- name: Output customized message when failed
  wait_for:
    path: /tmp/foo
    state: present
    msg: Timeout to find file /tmp/foo

# Don't assume the inventory_hostname is resolvable and delay 10 seconds at start
- name: Wait 300 seconds for port 22 to become open and contain "OpenSSH"
  wait_for:
    port: 22
    host: '{{ (ansible_ssh_host|default(ansible_host))|default(inventory_hostname) }}'
    search_regex: OpenSSH
    delay: 10
  connection: local

# Same as above but you normally have ansible_connection set in inventory, which overrides 'connection'
- name: Wait 300 seconds for port 22 to become open and contain "OpenSSH"
  wait_for:
    port: 22
    host: '{{ (ansible_ssh_host|default(ansible_host))|default(inventory_hostname) }}'
    search_regex: OpenSSH
    delay: 10
  vars:
    ansible_connection: local