# -*- mode: python -*- # 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 . DOCUMENTATION = ''' --- module: pause short_description: Pause playbook execution description: - Pauses playbook execution for a set amount of time, or until a prompt is acknowledged. All parameters are optional. The default behavior is to pause with a prompt. - "You can use C(ctrl+c) if you wish to advance a pause earlier than it is set to expire or if you need to abort a playbook run entirely. To continue early: press C(ctrl+c) and then C(c). To abort a playbook: press C(ctrl+c) and then C(a)." - "The pause module integrates into async/parallelized playbooks without any special considerations (see also: Rolling Updates). When using pauses with the C(serial) playbook parameter (as in rolling updates) you are only prompted once for the current group of hosts." version_added: "0.8" options: minutes: description: - A positive number of minutes to pause for. required: false default: null seconds: description: - A positive number of seconds to pause for. required: false default: null prompt: description: - Optional text to use for the prompt message. required: false default: null author: "Tim Bielawa (@tbielawa)" notes: - Starting in 2.2, if you specify 0 or negative for minutes or seconds, it will wait for 1 second, previously it would wait indefinitely. ''' EXAMPLES = ''' # Pause for 5 minutes to build app cache. - pause: minutes: 5 # Pause until you can verify updates to an application were successful. - pause: # A helpful reminder of what to look out for post-update. - pause: prompt: "Make sure org.foo.FooOverload exception is not present" '''