--- - hosts: node1 tasks: - name: Run a replica controller composed of 2 pods shell: "/usr/local/bin/kubectl run test --image=busybox --replicas=2 --command -- tail -f /dev/null" - name: Pods are running shell: "/usr/local/bin/kubectl get pods --no-headers -o json" register: run_pods_log until: [ '(run_pods_log.stdout | from_json)["items"] | map(attribute = "status.phase") | join(",") == "Running,Running"' ] retries: 24 delay: 5