Ansible - Create multiple folders if don't exist

Question

Goal:

• Create multiple directories if they don\'t exist.
• Don\'t change permissions of existing folder

Current playbook:

- name:         


        

Answer 1

Starting from Ansible 2.5, loop should be used to iterate over a list, see https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/playbooks_loops.html#standard-loops

As the Ansible file module is idempotent, you do not have to check if the folders already exist.

For example:

- name: create backup directories
  file:
    path: "{{ item }}"
    state: directory
    owner: backup
    group: backup
    mode: 0775
  loop:
    - /backupdisk/certificates
    - /backupdisk/mysql
    - /backupdisk/wordpress