Ansible - create multiple directories

HOWTO

•  https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/ansible/builtin/file_module.html
•  https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/playbooks_loops.html
  

 

GitHub repo

• https://github.com/dveselka/devops-ansible/blob/master/create-dev-env/tasks/main.yml
  

 

 Create role

- name: Create /app/dave  dir
  become: true
  file:
    path: /app/dave
    state: directory
    owner: dave
    group: dave
    recurse: yes
    mode: '0755'

- name: Create /app/dave/  appl dirs
  file:
      path: "{{ item }}"
      owner: dave
      group: dave
      recurse: yes
  with_items:
        - /app/dave/opt/jboss
        - /app/dave/data/

Dir structure

[dave@dave devops-ansible]$ find create-dev-env/
create-dev-env/
create-dev-env/tasks
create-dev-env/tasks/main.yml

 

Call role 

Create file local.yml

---
- name: Configure local dev env
  hosts: localhost
  connection: local
  gather_facts: no
  roles:
    - dave-dev-env

 

Run playbook

ansible-playbook local.yml