Tags

The tags provide the user with a very useful tool to run selected groups of tasks. Use the command below to display available tags

shell> ansible-playbook playbook.yml --list-tags

playbook: playbook.yml

play #1 (test_14.example.com): test_14.example.com   TAGS: []

   TASK TAGS: [always, fp_aliases, fp_apcupsd, fp_apcupsd_conf,
   fp_apcupsd_rcconf, fp_authorized_key, fp_authorized_key_debug,
   fp_cloud_proividers, fp_copy, fp_copy_debug,
   fp_copy_sync_default, fp_copy_sync_optional,
   fp_copy_unarch_default, fp_copy_unarch_optional, fp_cron,
   fp_cron_debug, fp_cron_rename_entries,
   fp_cron_rename_entries_system, fp_cron_tab, fp_cron_tab_system,
   fp_cron_var, fp_cron_var_system, fp_debug, fp_devfs,
   fp_devfs_conf, fp_devfs_debug, fp_devfs_rcconf, fp_devfs_rcvar,
   fp_devfs_rules, fp_do, fp_do_debug, fp_do_defaul_user_remove,
   fp_do_hostname_rcconf, fp_do_rcconf, fp_fstab, fp_gitserver,
   fp_gitserver_dir, fp_gitserver_group, fp_gitserver_owner,
   fp_groups, fp_groups_conf, fp_groups_debug, fp_groupwrappers,
   fp_groupwrappers_dir, fp_groupwrappers_groupadd,
   fp_groupwrappers_groupdel, fp_groupwrappers_groupmod,
   fp_hostapd, fp_hostapd_conf, fp_hostapd_rcconf, fp_hostname,
   fp_hosts, fp_hosts_conf, fp_hosts_debug, fp_hosts_sanity,
   fp_libmap, fp_linux, fp_linux_debug, fp_linux_fstab,
   fp_linux_lib_copy, fp_linux_lib_dir, fp_linux_lib_link,
   fp_linux_rcconf, fp_loader, fp_loader_debug, fp_login, fp_make,
   fp_make_conf, fp_make_debug, fp_motd, fp_motd_create,
   fp_motd_rcconf, fp_mount_iso, fp_mount_iso_debug, fp_nfs,
   fp_nfs_lockd_rcconf, fp_nfs_rcconf, fp_nfs_statd_rcconf,
   fp_nfsd, fp_ntp, fp_ntp_conf, fp_ntp_rcconf, fp_ntpdate,
   fp_packages, fp_packages_debug, fp_packages_links, fp_passwords,
   fp_passwords_debug, fp_passwords_passwordstore, fp_periodic,
   fp_periodic_conf_local, fp_periodic_debug, fp_procmail,
   fp_procmail_dir, fp_procmail_forward, fp_procmail_forwarders,
   fp_procmail_includerc, fp_procmail_procmailrc,
   fp_resolv_conf_absent, fp_resolvconf, fp_resolvconf_absent,
   fp_resolvconf_conf, fp_smartd, fp_smartd_conf, fp_smartd_rcconf,
   fp_snmpd, fp_snmpd_conf, fp_snmpd_conf_copy, fp_snmpd_rcconf,
   fp_ssh, fp_ssh_config, fp_ssh_debug, fp_sshd, fp_sshd_config,
   fp_sshd_debug, fp_sshd_rcconf, fp_sudoers, fp_swap,
   fp_swap_debug, fp_sysctl, fp_timezone, fp_timezone_debug,
   fp_tmpmfs, fp_tmpmfs_debug, fp_tmpmfs_rcconf, fp_users,
   fp_users_debug, fp_wpasupplicant, fp_wpasupplicant_conf,
   fp_wpasupplicant_conf_file_link, fp_wpasupplicant_conf_rc,
   fp_wpasupplicant_debug, fp_wpasupplicant_rcconf]

For example,

• enable debug and display the list of the control variables and their values

 shell> ansible-playbook playbook.yml -t fp_debug -e fp_debug=true

• See what packages will be installed

 shell> ansible-playbook playbook.yml -t fp_packages --check

• Install the packages only

 shell> ansible-playbook playbook.yml -t fp_packages