---

- name: task failure exercise
  hosts: databases
  vars:
    web_package: httpd
    db_package: mariadb-server
    db_service: mariadb
  tasks:
    - name: check local time
      command: date
      register: command_result
      changed_when: false
    - name: print local time
      debug:
        var: command_result.stdout
    - name: Attempt to set up a server
      block:
        - name: "Install {{ web_package }} package"
          yum:
            name: "{{web_package }}"
            state: present
          failed_when: web_package == "httpd"
      rescue:  
        - name: "Install {{ db_package }} package"
          yum:
            name: "{{ db_package }}"
            state: present
      always:
        - name: "Start {{ db_service }} service"
          service:
            name: "{{ db_service }}"
            state: started