--- - name: restart ceph mdss service: name: ceph-mds@{{ mds_name }} state: restarted # serial: 1 would be the proper solution here, but that can only be set on play level # upstream issue: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/12170 run_once: true with_items: "{{ groups[mds_group_name] }}" delegate_to: "{{ item }}" when: - socket.rc == 0 - mds_group_name in group_names