ansible.wait_for(3) - Linux man page

Name

wait_for - Waits for a given port to become accessible on a server.

Description

This is useful for when services are not immediately available after their init scripts return - which is true of certain Java application servers. It is also useful when starting guests with the virt module and needing to pause until they are ready.

Options

delay

number of seconds to wait before starting to poll

host

hostname or IP address to wait for (default: 127.0.0.1)

port

port number to poll(required)

state

either started, or stopped depending on whether the module should poll for the port being open or closed. Choices: started,stopped. (default: started)

timeout

maximum number of seconds to wait for (default: 300)."

Examples

Example from Ansible Playbooks

wait_for: port=8000 delay=10

Author

Jeroen Hoekx

See Also

ansible(1), http://ansible.github.com/modules.html#wait-for