How to reboot CentOS 7 with Ansible?

Question

I\'m trying to reboot server running CentOS 7 on VirtualBox. I use this task:

- name: Restart server
  command: /sbin/reboot
  async: 0
  poll:          


        

Answer 1

Another solution:

- name: reboot host
  command: /usr/bin/systemd-run --on-active=10 /usr/bin/systemctl reboot
  async: 0
  poll: 0

- name: wait for host sshd
  local_action: wait_for host="{{ inventory_hostname }}" search_regex=OpenSSH port=22 timeout=300 delay=30

systemd-run creates "on the fly" new service which will start systemctl reboot after 10 sec of delay (--on-active=10). delay=30 in wait_for to add extra 20 sec to be sure that host actually started rebooting.