Redhat – Handler not working while using with roles in ansible

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This is my lamp/tasks/main.yaml file (lamp is the role name)

- import_task: httpd.yaml
- import_task: php.yaml
- notify: restart httpd

this is my lamp/handlers/main.yaml file

 - name: restart httpd
   service:
    name: httpd
    state: restarted
    enabled: yes

my main playbook file is:

  - hosts: server1
    remote_user: root
    roles:
       - lamp

While executing playbook iam getting following error:

ERROR! no action detected in task. This often indicates a misspelled module 
name, or incorrect module path.

The error appears to have been in '/playbooks/lamp/tasks/main.yaml': line 1, 
column 3, but may
be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.

The offending line appears to be:


- import_task: httpd.yaml
  ^ here


The error appears to have been in '/playbooks/lamp/tasks/main.yaml': line 1, 
column 3, but may
be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.

The offending line appears to be:


- import_task: httpd.yaml
  ^ here

exception type: <class 'ansible.errors.AnsibleParserError'>
exception: no action detected in task. This often indicates a misspelled 
module name, or incorrect module path.

The error appears to have been in '/playbooks/lamp/tasks/main.yaml': line 1, 
column 3, but may
be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.

The offending line appears to be:


- import_task: httpd.yaml
  ^ here

Iam using ansible 7.4 on centos7.Without handler it is working file.But while using handler it is not working.I recently started learing ansible.Pls help me to find a solution.Iam not understanding why handler is not supporting..?

Best Answer

The error in question is because import_task is incorrect syntax, use import_tasks (plural) instead.

But handlers can be attached to / notified from tasks, and import_tasks is not a task itself, so it will not do what you expect. You should notify handler from individual tasks that should trigger service restart (like configuration changes).

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