Ansible steps to setup the CouchDB 2.x cluster after CouchDB 2.xhas been installed

setup.yml

# The steps below are not necessary if an admin account as been created and port and bind address are already configured
# I already do this via Ansible
#- name: enable the cluster
#  uri: HEADER_Content-Type="application/json" user=admin password=password force_basic_auth=yes method=POST url=http://127.0.0.1:5984/_cluster_setup body='{"action":"enable_cluster"}'
#  when: inventory_hostname == "{{ groups.couches[0] }}" 
#  tags: enable_cluster
#  ignore_errors: yes

# Register all the nodes that are part of the couches inventory group.
# Registration is done from the 1st node in that group.
- name: add nodes to the cluster
  uri: status_code=201,409 HEADER_Content-Type="application/json" user=admin password=password force_basic_auth=yes method=POST url=http://127.0.0.1:5984/_cluster_setup body='{"action":"add_node","username":"admin","password":"password","host":"{{ item }}","port":5984}'
  with_items: groups['couches']
  when: inventory_hostname == "{{ groups.couches[0] }}" and inventory_hostname != item
  tags: add_nodes

- name: finish the cluster
  uri: status_code=201 HEADER_Content-Type="application/json" user=admin password=password force_basic_auth=yes method=POST url=http://127.0.0.1:5984/_cluster_setup body='{"action":"finish_cluster"}'
  tags: finish_cluster
  when: inventory_hostname == "{{ groups.couches[0] }}"