--- - name: Fail if playbook called incorrectly fail: msg="The `username` variable needs to be provided to this playbook, via --extra-vars" when: "username is not defined or username == ''" - name: Fail if playbook called incorrectly fail: msg="The `password` variable needs to be provided to this playbook, via --extra-vars" when: "password is not defined or password == ''" - name: Ensure matrix-synapse is started service: name=matrix-synapse state=started daemon_reload=yes register: start_result - name: Wait a while, so that Matrix Synapse can manage to start pause: seconds=7 when: start_result.changed - name: Register user shell: "matrix-synapse-register-user {{ username }} {{ password }}"