[SOLVED] How to wait for server restart using Ansible?

Issue

I'm trying to restart the server and then wait, using this:

- name: Restart server
  shell: reboot

- name: Wait for server to restart
  wait_for:
    port=22
    delay=1
    timeout=300

But I get this error:

TASK: [iptables | Wait for server to restart] ********************************* 
fatal: [example.com] => failed to transfer file to /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1401138291.69-222045017562709/wait_for:
sftp> put /tmp/tmpApPR8k /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1401138291.69-222045017562709/wait_for

Connected to example.com.
Connection closed

Solution

You should change the wait_for task to run as local_action, and specify the host you're waiting for. For example:

- name: Wait for server to restart
  local_action:
    module: wait_for
      host=192.168.50.4
      port=22
      delay=1
      timeout=300

Answered By - Shahar