Ansible, docker_container and depends_on

Question

I am using ansible and docker_container module. But when I start my playbook, I have error like:

"'depends_on' is not a valid attribute for a Task"

This is my playbook:

- name: Docker-compose
  hosts: localhost
  connection: local
  gather_facts: no  
  tasks:
    - name: Start selenium hub
      docker_container:
        name: hub
        image: selenium:latest
        state: started
        restart: yes
        ports:
          - "4444:4444"

    - name: Start chromedriver
      docker_container:
        name: chromedriver
        image: chromedriver:latest
        state: started
        restart: yes
        depends_on:
          - "hub"
        links:
          - "hub:hub"  
        env:
            VNC_ENABLED: true
            EXPOSE_X11: true
        ports:
          - "5900:5900"

As you can see container with name 'chromedriver' depends on 'hub'. How can I do this?

Answer 1

The Ansible docker_container module indeed has no depends_on attribute. You should create the containers in order to simulate the dependency tree.

The previous task indeed does this, so just remove the depends_on attribute and the task should complete properly.