Ansible playbook for creating a directory

 Step 1) Create a sample file on ansible master server.

[osboxes@master ansible-playbooks]$ touch /tmp/sample.txt

Step 2) Create a playbook

---
- name: create a directory and copy a file to remote hosts
  hosts: all
  become: yes
  become_user: root
  vars:
    remote_dir: /tmp/example
    sample_file: /tmp/sample.txt

  tasks:
    - name: Create a directory on remote host
      file:
        path: "{{ remote_dir }}"
        type: directory
        recurse: true

    - name: copy a file from ansible master to remote directory
      copy:
        src: "{{ sample_file }}"
        dest: "{{ remote_dir }}"

Step 3) Check the syntax

[osboxes@master ansible-playbooks]$ ansible-playbook create_dir.yml -i inventory.txt --syntax-check

playbook: create_dir.yml

Step 4) Run the playbook

[osboxes@master ansible-playbooks]$ ansible-playbook  create_dir.yml -i inventory.txt -K

BECOME password:

PLAY [create a directory and copy a file to remote hosts] ***************************************************************************************************

TASK [Gathering Facts] **************************************************************************************************************************************

ok: [linuxhost]

TASK [Create a directory on remote host] ********************************************************************************************************************

changed: [linuxhost]

TASK [copy a file from ansible master to remote directory] **************************************************************************************************

changed: [linuxhost]

PLAY RECAP **************************************************************************************************************************************************

linuxhost                  : ok=3    changed=2    unreachable=0    failed=0    skipped=0    rescued=0    ignored=0

Step 5) Verify if the directory is created and file has been copied on the remote host

[osboxes@linuxhost tmp]$ ls -l /tmp/example/

total 0

-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 0 Mar  1 05:15 sample.txt