Ansible - wait_for module

wait_for - Waits for a condition before continuing

EXAMPLES

- 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