Package (Ansible module)

#!/usr/bin/env ansible-playbook

- hosts: localhost
  become: yes

  tasks:
    - package:
          name: sysstat
          state: present

#!/usr/bin/env ansible-playbook 

- hosts: YOUR_HOSTNAME
  remote_user: YOUR_REMOTEUSER 
  become: yes
  connection: ssh

  tasks:
    - name: Install and start as service sysstat for Ubuntu 
      block:
      - package:
          name: sysstat
          state: present	

      - lineinfile:
          path: /etc/default/sysstat
          state: present
          backrefs: yes
          regexp: '^ENABLED="false"'
          line: 'ENABLED="true"'

      - service:
          name: sysstat
          state: started
          enabled: yes
      when: ansible_distribution == 'Ubuntu'

See also

• Ansible modules: gather_facts, set_fact, ansible.builtin.file, lineinfile, stat, group, mount, git:, package:, command:, shell:, raw:, template:, register:, user:, Ansible playbooks examples, tasks:, lineinfile, blockinfile:, shell:, command:, raw:, ansible.builtin.file, service:, aws.ecs_taskdefinition, aws.asg, docker_container, kubernetes.core.k8s, community., include_tasks