How do you create a directory www at /srv on a Debian-based system using an Ansible playbook?
24 Answers
You want the file module. To create a directory, you need to specify the option state=directory :
- name: Creates directory
file:
path: /src/www
state: directory
You can see other options at
You can even extend the file module and even set the owner,group & permission through it. (Ref: Ansible file documentation)
- name: Creates directory
file:
path: /src/www
state: directory
owner: www-data
group: www-data
mode: 0775
Even, you can create the directories recursively:
- name: Creates directory
file:
path: /src/www
state: directory
owner: www-data
group: www-data
mode: 0775
recurse: yes
This way, it will create both directories, if they didn't exist.
Additional for all answers here, there is lot of situations when you need to create more then one directory so it is a good idea to use loops instead creating separate task for each directory.
- name: Creates directory
file:
path: "{{ item }}"
state: directory
with_items:
- /srv/www
- /dir/foo
- /dir/bar
you can create using:
Latest version 2<
- name: Create Folder
file:
path: /srv/www/
owner: user
group: user
mode: 0755
state: directory
