Ansible Module file

External

• https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/file_module.html

Internal

• Ansible Concepts

Overview

Manage file, directory and symlinks properties: create, set attributes, remove.

Examples

Create Directories

- name: create volume directories
  file:
    path: "/mnt/ebs0/{{ item }}"
    state: directory
    owner: root
  with_items:
    - "local-pv0"
    - "local-pv1"
    - "local-pv2"
  when:
    - inventory_hostname in groups['kube-node']

Create directories following an existing directory structure, provided under the <role-name>/files Ansible configuration directory:

- name: Create a directory structure mirroring an existing directory structure, specified by <code>with_filetree</code>, where the "filetree" is relative to <code><role-name>/files</code>.
  file:
    path: "{{ ansible_env.TARGET_DIR }}/{{ item.path }}"
    state: directory
    mode: '{{ item.mode }}'
  with_filetree: "dirA/dirB/"
  when: item.state == 'directory'