Include ansible tasks file from within a deploy hook

trellis
1

Hi there,

i want to configure wordpress (activate correct theme, plugins, …) on every deploy. so i added a wp-config.yml file to /trellis/deploy-hooks:

---
- name: Activate Sage Theme
  command: wp theme activate sage
  args:
    chdir: "{{ deploy_helper.new_release_path }}"

- name: Create main menu if not already there
  command: wp menu create main
  args:
    chdir: "{{ deploy_helper.new_release_path }}"
  ignore_errors: yes

When I include that file in the modified deploy hook /trellis/deploy-hooks/finalize-after.yml:

...

- name: Update WP network database
  command: wp core update-db --network
  args:
    chdir: "{{ deploy_helper.new_release_path }}"
  when: wp_installed | success and project.multisite.enabled | default(false)

- include: wp-config.yml

- name: Reload php-fpm
  shell: killall php-cgi
  args:
    chdir: "{{ deploy_helper.new_release_path }}"
    warn: false
  ignore_errors: True

… then the deploy run silently stops (no fail) with the not executed include step. Here’s the output:

TASK [deploy : Update WP database] *********************************************
changed: [host.uberspace.de]

TASK [deploy : Warn about updating network database.] **************************
skipping: [host.uberspace.de]

TASK [deploy : Update WP network database] *************************************
skipping: [host.uberspace.de]

TASK [deploy : include] ********************************************************

PLAY RECAP *********************************************************************
host.uberspace.de        : ok=33   changed=14   unreachable=0    failed=0
localhost                  : ok=0    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=0

Anyone any idea, what’s going wrong here?

Thanks for your help,
matthias

2

Maybe it would help Ansible find the include file if you were more explicit about the path, like this example

- - include: wp-config.yml
+ - include: "{{ playbook_dir }}/deploy-hooks/wp-config.yml"

I vaguely remember the Ansible docs mentioning the relative paths that will be checked for include files, so I think the info is there if you end up needing to search for it.

3

Unfortunately @fullyint’s suggestion is unlikely to work too. I suspect it’s an issue with Ansible and nested includes. Not only does the included playbook fail to run, but any tasks after it do not run. I recommend for now that you include the tasks you want to run directly (which I can confirm works).

I only did a brief search of Ansible issues and couldn’t find anything relevant but perhaps a more detailed search will turn up something. Or, create an issue.

4

no, that doesn’t help. i already had tried that and just once again => silent fail.

i think it has to do with the fact, that i include it in an already included task/hook file. when i include it directly from within /trellis/roles/deploy/tasks/finalize.yml it works. but then i have to rewrite the original tasks, which seems like a workaround. i guess i will go with this solution.

thanks @fullyint for your immediate help!