Question:
If you need to restart the networking in the middle of a play on an Ubuntu server (12.04 in my case) you can’t use service:
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# service networking restart stop: Job failed while stopping start: Job is already running: networking |
The following works on the command line, but with Ansible (1.8.4) it locks you out:
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command: ifdown eth0 && ifup eth0 |
ifdown takes down the interface, but ifup doesn’t run
How to restart the interface?
Answer:
The solution is to run the command in a new shell:
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command: bash -c "ifdown eth0 && ifup eth0" |
You can also use the shell module:
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shell: "ifdown eth0 && ifup eth0" |