Answers: <p>I think you can use <code>listen</code> as explained here: <a href="https://medium.com/@george.shuklin/listen-feature-for-handlers-in-ansible-29183524c7e1" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://medium.com/@george.shuklin/listen-feature-for-handlers-in-ansible-29183524c7e1</a></p>
  
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Answers: Ah!  I started ansible pre-2.2!
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Body: <p>I would like to make an ansible role that drops some credentials into /etc for a few services that are running.  Each service is slightly different and requires different mechanisms for restarting to pick up the new credentials.</p>
  <p>Is it possible to have a meta dependency somehow communicate back up to the consumer/parent to trigger a handler to restart the services that depend on the file?</p>
  
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Title: Ansible: Detecting in parent role when meta dependency role had change
UserDisplayName: rrauenza
ThreadText: # Ansible: Detecting in parent role when meta dependency role had change
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2020-10-01)
  
  I would like to make an ansible role that drops some credentials into /etc for a few services that are running. Each service is slightly different and requires different mechanisms for restarting to pick up the new credentials.
  
  Is it possible to have a meta dependency somehow communicate back up to the consumer/parent to trigger a handler to restart the services that depend on the file?
  
  **Tags:** ansible
  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2020-10-02. Score: 1 | Accepted answer
  
  I think you can use `listen` as explained here: <https://medium.com/@george.shuklin/listen-feature-for-handlers-in-ansible-29183524c7e1>
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Ah!  I started ansible pre-2.2!  
  
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