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: stat directories if they exist
  stat:
    path: "{{ item }}"
  with_items:
    - /data/directory
    - /data/another
  register: myvar

- debug: var=myvar.results

- name: create directory if they don't exist
  file:
    path: "{{ item.invocation.module_args.path }}"
    state: directory
    owner: root
    group: root
    mode: 0775
  loop: "{{ stat.results }}"
  # with_items: "{{ stat.results }}" # for older versions of Ansible
  # when: myvar.results.stat.exists == false

- name: stat directories if they exist

stat:

path: "{{ item }}"

with_items:

- /data/directory

- /data/another

- debug: var=myvar.results

- name: create directory if they don't exist

file:

path: "{{ item.invocation.module_args.path }}"

state: directory

owner: root

group: root

mode: 0775

loop: "{{ stat.results }}"

# with_items: "{{ stat.results }}" # for older versions of Ansible

# when: myvar.results.stat.exists == false

The when statement is wrong.

I looked at the example provided; http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/stat_module.html. But this only works for a single folder.

Answer:

Ansible – Creating multiple folders without changing permissions of previously existing.

Working fine for me. Hope this works for you as well just try.

---
- name: "Creating multiple by checking folders"
  hosts: your_host_name
  tasks:
  - block:
    - name: "Checking folders"
      stat:
       path: "{{item}}"
      register: folder_stats
      with_items:
      - ["/var/www/f1","/var/www/f2","/var/www/f3","/var/www/f4"]
    - name: "Creating multiple folders without disturbing previous permissions"
      file:
       path: "{{item.item}}"
       state: directory
       mode: 0755
       group: root
       owner: root
      when: item.stat.exists == false
      loop:
      - "{{folder_stats.results}}"
...

---

- name: "Creating multiple by checking folders"

hosts: your_host_name

tasks:

- block:

- name: "Checking folders"

stat:

path: "{{item}}"

with_items:

- ["/var/www/f1","/var/www/f2","/var/www/f3","/var/www/f4"]

- name: "Creating multiple folders without disturbing previous permissions"

file:

path: "{{item.item}}"

state: directory

mode: 0755

group: root

owner: root

when: item.stat.exists == false

loop:

- "{{folder_stats.results}}"

...