Ansible roles change workflow order by moving handlers

Question

I want to change postgresql configuration file, restart service and then add db user. But the problem is my workflow does the same in a different order. Can I change it to the order I want bu moving the handlers?

Answer 1

Flush handlers with meta: flush_handlers before the task that requires it:

- name: change postgre pg_hba.conf
  template: src=pg_hba.conf.j2 dest=/etc/postgresql/9.4/main/pg_hba.conf 
  notify: restart postgresql service
  tags: pg_hba

- meta: flush_handlers

- name: set password for postgres
  postgresql_user:
    db: postgres
    user: postgres
    password: postgres