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Current playbook:
- name: stat directories if they exist stat: path: "{{ item }}" with_items: - /data/directory - /data/another register: myvar - debug: var=myvar.results - name: create directory if they don't exist file: path: "{{ item.invocation.module_args.path }}" state: directory owner: root group: root mode: 0775 loop: "{{ stat.results }}" # with_items: "{{ stat.results }}" # for older versions of Ansible # when: myvar.results.stat.exists == false The when statement is wrong.
I looked at the example provided; http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/stat_module.html. But this only works for a single folder.
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If file , the file will NOT be created if it does not exist, see the [copy] or [template] module if you want that behavior. If link , the symbolic link will be created or changed. Use hard for hardlinks. If absent , directories will be recursively deleted, and files or symlinks will be unlinked.
To create a directory using the file module, you need to set two parameters. Path(alias – name, dest) – This is the absolute path of the directory. State – You should give this as 'directory. ' By default, the value is 'file.
You can use the file module. To create a directory, you need to specify the option state=directory. I have attached one playbook for your reference below.
Using Ansible modules, you don't need to check if something exist or not, you just describe the desired state, so:
- name: create directory if they don't exist file: path: "{{ item }}" state: directory owner: root group: root mode: 0775 loop: - /data/directory - /data/another If you love us? You can donate to us via Paypal or buy me a coffee so we can maintain and grow! Thank you!
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