Partial playbook execution not working: dhcp

[rvalle]

I am attempting to use tags to update my router partially.

the actual use case I am using is update only dhcp entries.

For some reason fetch is not working, although I can see that there is an always tag. I works only if I explicitly include the "fetch" tag. I am not sure what the reason is, but it could be that the always applies only to the include-tasks, and the tasks inside are all "fetch" only.

Then there is the application and reload, I think they also need the always tag. when: config.changed will not be processed unless the task is selected by tags first, I think.

Partial execution would be a nice to have feature as configuration of the router keeps growing. would provide more agility while building the router configuration.

[rvalle]

it may also help to use a block for the last set of tasks: clean, copy, upload, reload.... all should be processed always when the config has changed, etc.

[zerwes]

Hello @rvalle
We use selective runs using tags to.
Our fetch method is a little bit different (see https://github.com/Rosa-Luxemburgstiftung-Berlin/ansible-opnsense-playbook)

I'll have a look at the fetch issue and be back soon ...

The block hint has to be considered in #12

[rvalle]

I see @zerwes

in your setup you do an tagged import role, while in the vanilla role it is an include_tasks. Perhaps they behave differently. I think they have to be applied always instead of fetch.

Yes, finer grain handlers would be a great tool too.

I think these features will make a difference during configuration work on the firewalls, making it more agile.

[zerwes]

well, by enforcing the tag inheritance for the always tag on the included task, the fetch task is now implicit invoked, except it is explicitly excluded by adding fetch or alwaysto --skip-tags
hope this helps

[zerwes]

@rvalle I just took the chance and implemented a dhcp handler for #12 on the branch issue-12-dhcp-handler
would you mind testing this?

[zerwes]

#58 works for me ...
just using ansible-playbook -t dhcp,copy ... will bypass the big reload and leave you with the right dhcp config in /var/dhcpd//etc/dhcpd.conf and a reloaded service ...
can you approve this?

[rvalle]

thanks!!!