Create File

calendar2019-09-21 · 1 min read · ansible create-file  ·
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1---
2- hosts: localhost
3  become: true
4   
5  tasks:
6      - name: Create file
7        file:
8            path: /tmp/yallo
9            state: touch

Ref http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/file_module.html

An alternative is to use 'lineinfile' module. In my example below, Ubuntu 18.x no longer has the /etc/rc.local but it still works. See below

 1## NOTE : /etc/rc.local doesn't exist in Ubuntu18.x but still runs if executable + has the shebang line
 2## See https://www.claudiokuenzler.com/blog/783/ubuntu-18.04-rc.local-file-not-exist-launch-with-systemd-rc-local#.XDYuL88zZTY
 3- name: Create executable /etc/rc.local if it doesn't exist
 4  lineinfile:
 5    dest: /etc/rc.local
 6    line: "{{ item }}"
 7    create: yes
 8    mode: 0755
 9  with_items:
10    - '#!/bin/bash'
11    - 'exit 0'