How to create a directory using Ansible

Question

How do you create a directory www at /srv on a Debian-based system using an Ansible playbook?

Answer 1

If you want to create directory in windows:

• name: Create directory structure
  win_file:
  path: C:\Temp\folder\subfolder>
  state: directory

Answer 2

you can create using:

Latest version 2<

- name: Create Folder
  file: 
    path: /srv/www/
    owner: user 
    group: user 
    mode: 0755 
    state: directory

Older version

- name: Create Folder
  file: 
   path=/srv/www/
   owner=user 
   group=user 
   mode=0755 
   state=directory

Refer - http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/file_module.html

Answer 3

You can create a directory. using

# create a directory if it doesn't exist
- file: path=/src/www state=directory mode=0755

You can also consult http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/file_module.html for further details regaridng directory and file system.

Answer 4

- file:
    path: /etc/some_directory
    state: directory
    mode: 0755
    owner: someone
    group: somegroup

That's the way you can actually also set the permissions, the owner and the group. The last three parameters are not obligatory.

Answer 5

Easiest way to make a directory in Ansible.

• name: Create your_directory if it doesn't exist. file: path: /etc/your_directory

OR

You want to give sudo privileges to that directory.

• name: Create your_directory if it doesn't exist. file: path: /etc/your_directory mode: '777'

Answer 6

We have modules available to create directory , file in ansible

Example

- name: Creates directory
  file:
    path: /src/www
    state: directory