Wait for file over ssh - ssh

Question

I would like to do something like:
- name: Wait until the file is touched
ansible.builtin.wait_for:
path: 192.168.1.1:/home/test.txt
timeout: 300
where 192.168.1.1 is some remote host I am connected to. Is this possible?

Answer 1

I don't believe it's possible with wait_for module.
My workaround is to use until:
- name: Wait until file exists on remote.
shell: ssh $USER#192.168.1.1 ls /home/test.txt
register: filecheck
until: filecheck.stdout == "/home/test.txt"
retries: 10
delay: 1
I copied the file to the host while the playbook was running through the 9th attempt:
changed: [localhost] => {
"attempts": 9,
"changed": true,
"cmd": "ssh root#192.168.1.1 ls /home/test.txt",
"delta": "0:00:01.548091",
"end": "2022-08-11 15:31:05.276277",
"invocation": {
"module_args": {
"_raw_params": "ssh root#192.168.1.1 ls /home/test.txt",
"_uses_shell": true,
"argv": null,
"chdir": null,
"creates": null,
"executable": null,
"removes": null,
"stdin": null,
"stdin_add_newline": true,
"strip_empty_ends": true,
"warn": false
}
},
"msg": "",
"rc": 0,
"start": "2022-08-11 15:31:03.728186",
"stderr": "",
"stderr_lines": [],
"stdout": "/home/test.txt",
"stdout_lines": [
"/home/test.txt"
]