New in version 2.4.
timeout, this is the default if nothing is specified.| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| connect_timeout integer | Default: 5 | The maximum number of seconds to wait for a connection to happen before closing and retrying. |
| delay integer | The number of seconds to wait before starting to poll. | |
| exclude_hosts list | The list of hosts or IPs to ignore when looking for active TCP connections when state=drained. | |
| host string | Default: "127.0.0.1" | A resolvable hostname or IP address to wait for. If state=drained then it will only check for connections on the IP specified, you can use '0.0.0.0' to use all host IPs. |
| path path | The path to a file on the filesystem to check. If state is present or started then it will wait until the file exists.If state is absent then it will wait until the file does not exist. | |
| port integer | The port number to poll on host. | |
| regex string | Can be used to match a string in a file. If state is present or started then it will wait until the regex matches.If state is absent then it will wait until the regex does not match.Defaults to a multiline regex. aliases: search_regex, regexp | |
| sleep integer | Default: 1 | Number of seconds to sleep between checks. |
| state string |
| When checking a port, started will ensure the port is open, stopped will check that is it closed and drained will check for active connections.When checking for a file or a search string present or started will ensure that the file or string is present, absent will check that the file or search string is absent or removed. |
| timeout integer | Default: 300 | The maximum number of seconds to wait for. |
See also
- name: Wait 300 seconds for port 8000 to become open on the host, don't start checking for 10 seconds
win_wait_for:
port: 8000
delay: 10
- name: Wait 150 seconds for port 8000 of any IP to close active connections
win_wait_for:
host: 0.0.0.0
port: 8000
state: drained
timeout: 150
- name: Wait for port 8000 of any IP to close active connection, ignoring certain hosts
win_wait_for:
host: 0.0.0.0
port: 8000
state: drained
exclude_hosts: ['10.2.1.2', '10.2.1.3']
- name: Wait for file C:\temp\log.txt to exist before continuing
win_wait_for:
path: C:\temp\log.txt
- name: Wait until process complete is in the file before continuing
win_wait_for:
path: C:\temp\log.txt
regex: process complete
- name: Wait until file is removed
win_wait_for:
path: C:\temp\log.txt
state: absent
- name: Wait until port 1234 is offline but try every 10 seconds
win_wait_for:
port: 1234
state: absent
sleep: 10
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
| Key | Returned | Description |
|---|---|---|
| elapsed float | always | The elapsed seconds between the start of poll and the end of the module. This includes the delay if the option is set. Sample: 2.1406487 |
| wait_attempts integer | always | The number of attempts to poll the file or port before module finishes. Sample: 1 |
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