ansible playbook examples

playbook.yml

---
- hosts: localhost
  tasks:
    - name: Create tmp folder path
      file:
        state: directory
        path: /tmp/myfiles

    - name: Ansible create multiple files example
      file: 
        path: "/tmp/myfiles/{{ item }}"
        state: touch
        mode: 0644
#added in 2.7
#        modification_time: "201812271410.15"
      with_items:
      - int1.txt
      - int2.txt
      - int3.txt
      - int4.txt
      - .hidden.txt

    - copy:
        src: /tmp/myfiles/int1.txt
        dest: /tmp/myfiles/new.txt

    - name: create an old file
      shell: "touch -d '2 days ago' /tmp/myfiles/old1_$(date --date='2 days ago' +%F_%T).txt"

    - name: create a second old file with creates statement
      command: touch -d "3 days ago" /tmp/myfiles/old2.txt creates=/tmp/myfiles/old2.txt

    - name: synchronize files
      synchronize:
        src: /tmp/myfiles/
        dest: /tmp/myfiles2/

    - name: Recursively find /tmp/myfiles files older than 2 days
      find:
        paths: /tmp/myfiles
        age: 2d
        recurse: yes
      register: old_files

    - copy:
        src: "{{ item.path }}"
        dest: /tmp/myfiles/copied_{{ item.path | basename }}
      with_items: "{{ old_files.files }}"

    - name: Find file wildcard
      find:
        paths: /tmp/myfiles
        patterns: "^int.*.txt"
        use_regex: true
      register: wildcard_files_to_delete

    - name: Remove file wildcard
      file:
        path: "{{ item.path }}"
        state: absent
      with_items: "{{ wildcard_files_to_delete.files }}"