Optionally allow user provisioning failures

playbooks/edx-east/manage_edxapp_users_and_groups.yml

@@ -77,10 +77,12 @@
   vars:
     python_path: /edx/bin/python.edxapp
     manage_path: /edx/bin/manage.edxapp
+    ignore_user_creation_errors: no
+    deployment_settings: "{{ EDXAPP_SETTINGS | default('aws') }}"
   tasks:
     - name: Manage groups
       shell: >
-        {{ python_path }} {{ manage_path }} lms --settings=aws
+        {{ python_path }} {{ manage_path }} lms --settings={{ deployment_settings }}
         manage_group {{ item.name | quote }}
         {% if item.get('permissions', []) | length %}--permissions {{ item.permissions | default([]) | map('quote') | join(' ') }}{% endif %}
         {% if item.get('remove') %}--remove{% endif %}
@@ -88,7 +90,7 @@
 
     - name: Manage users
       shell: >
-        {{ python_path }} {{ manage_path }} lms --settings=aws
+        {{ python_path }} {{ manage_path }} lms --settings={{ deployment_settings }}
         manage_user {{ item.username | quote }} {{ item.email | quote }}
         {% if item.get('groups', []) | length %}--groups {{ item.groups | default([]) | map('quote') | join(' ') }}{% endif %}
         {% if item.get('remove') %}--remove{% endif %}
@@ -97,3 +99,5 @@
         {% if item.get('unusable_password') %}--unusable-password{% endif %}
         {% if item.get('initial_password_hash') %}--initial-password-hash {{ item.initial_password_hash | quote }}{% endif %}
       with_items: django_users
+      register: manage_users_result
+      failed_when: (manage_users_result | failed) and not (ignore_user_creation_errors | bool)