#!/usr/bin/python # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- # Copyright 2012 Dag Wieers # # This file is part of Ansible # # Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by # the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or # (at your option) any later version. # # Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the # GNU General Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License # along with Ansible. If not, see . ANSIBLE_METADATA = {'status': ['stableinterface'], 'supported_by': 'core', 'version': '1.0'} DOCUMENTATION = ''' --- module: fail short_description: Fail with custom message description: - This module fails the progress with a custom message. It can be useful for bailing out when a certain condition is met using C(when). version_added: "0.8" options: msg: description: - The customized message used for failing execution. If omitted, fail will simple bail out with a generic message. required: false default: "'Failed as requested from task'" author: "Dag Wieers (@dagwieers)" ''' EXAMPLES = ''' # Example playbook using fail and when together - fail: msg: "The system may not be provisioned according to the CMDB status." when: cmdb_status != "to-be-staged" '''