Handler
Explore how Ansible handlers work by running only when notified by other tasks that report changes. Understand how to use handlers within playbooks to ensure tasks run efficiently, maintaining Ansible's idempotency. This lesson guides you through creating handlers, triggering them with notify statements, and applying them in practical scenarios like updating software only when necessary.
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What is a handler?
The Ansible handler is a special kind of task that only runs when notified by another task.
Handlers only execute when the previous task reports a changed status.
If the previous task report ...