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Now many modules already support creates attribute to skip certain step if a there is already a given file or folder. But certain modules such as template module do not support such option. In such cases to copy template only when a certain file exists or does not exists following combination of stat and template module can be used: | Now many modules already support creates attribute to skip certain step if a there is already a given file or folder. But certain modules such as template module do not support such option. In such cases to copy template only when a certain file exists or does not exists following combination of stat and template module can be used: | ||
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Latest revision as of 11:52, 28 July 2022
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Now many modules already support creates attribute to skip certain step if a there is already a given file or folder. But certain modules such as template module do not support such option. In such cases to copy template only when a certain file exists or does not exists following combination of stat and template module can be used:
- stat: path=/etc/sysconfig/iptables
register: iptables_rules
- name: Copy iptables file if not present already
template: src=iptables dest=/etc/sysconfig/iptables
when: iptables_rules.stat.exists == False
notify:
- restart iptables
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