Ansible Academy · Lesson

Control Failure: failed_when & ignore_errors

Define what counts as a failure.

You Decide What Failure Means

Ansible fails a task on a nonzero return code, but you can override that. Two keywords let you redefine failure. 🎛️

Set ignore_errors to true and a failed task is logged but does not stop the play. The host stays in play.

- name: Try optional cleanup
  ansible.builtin.command: /opt/maybe-missing
  ignore_errors: true