1--- 2- hosts: localhost 3become: true 45tasks: 6- name: Create file 7file: 8path: /tmp/yallo 9state: 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 : …