--- # Example Playbook: cisco.ucs.ucs_server_maintenance - hosts: ucs connection: local gather_facts: false tasks: - name: Test that we have a UCS hostname, UCS username, and UCS password fail: msg: 'Please define the following variables: ucs_hostname, ucs_username and ucs_password.' when: ucs_hostname is not defined or ucs_username is not defined or ucs_password is not defined vars: # use "<<: *login_info" to substite the information below in each task # this is not required, however it makes the playbook shorter. login_info: &login_info hostname: "{{ ucs_hostname }}" username: "{{ ucs_username }}" password: "{{ ucs_password }}" - name: Add Server Maintenance Policy (check_mode) cisco.ucs.ucs_server_maintenance: <<: *login_info name: user-ack uptime_disr: user-ack trigger_config: on-next-boot delegate_to: localhost check_mode: true - name: Add Server Maintenance Policy cisco.ucs.ucs_server_maintenance: <<: *login_info name: user-ack uptime_disr: user-ack trigger_config: on-next-boot delegate_to: localhost - name: Idempotent Add Server Maintenance Policy cisco.ucs.ucs_server_maintenance: <<: *login_info name: user-ack uptime_disr: user-ack trigger_config: on-next-boot delegate_to: localhost