Error on Debian on first check_mode run

[Al-thi]

Hello,

This role fails on Debian when playing the following tasks in check_mode on a fresh server :

- name: Ensure NTP is running and enabled as configured.
  service:
    name: "{{ ntp_daemon }}"
    state: started
    enabled: true
  when: ntp_enabled | bool

- name: Ensure NTP is stopped and disabled as configured.
  service:
    name: "{{ ntp_daemon }}"
    state: stopped
    enabled: false
  when: not (ntp_enabled | bool)

with the following error message :

fatal: [xxx]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "msg": "Could not find the requested service ntp: host"}

because ntp is not installed and therefore the systemd service state check fails.

I suggest adding the following line to these tasks to ignore check_mode errors :

  ignore_errors: "{{ ansible_check_mode }}"

[Al-thi]

I also had to ignore errors in the handler, for the same reasons.

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