playbook-error-handler03.yml

---
- name: Learning about blocks
  hosts: planetexpress
  connection: ansible.builtin.ssh   # default connection type
  gather_facts: no

  tasks:

  - name: BLOCK - This is what we want to TRY to do
    block:

      - name: Example task
        ansible.builtin.shell: "echo 'My single task ran' > example.txt"

      - name: Example task
        ansible.builtin.shell: "echo 'My second task ran' >> example.txt"

      - name: Example task (mimic a failure)
        ansible.builtin.shell: "/bin/false"

    # this should only run IF we encounter a failure
    rescue:
      - name: Rescue task
        ansible.builtin.shell: "echo 'My rescue code ran. Maybe it undoes whatever the block tried to do' >> example.txt"

    # this should ALWAYS run (even if we had a failure in the rescue block!)
    always:
      - name: Always task
        ansible.builtin.shell: "echo 'This always runs. Maybe it is a commit, or an entry in a log' >> example.txt"