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↑ https://stackoverflow.com/a/41284686
path: backup: insertafter: marker: [1]
[[marker:]] "{{mark}} TEST"
marker: "# Request {mark}"
marker_begin: "Ticketnumer"
marker_end: "end"
- blockinfile:
path: /path/to/your_file
state: present
insertafter: EOF
content: |
your first line
your second line
your third line
- blockinfile: |
dest=/etc/network/interfaces backup=yes
content="iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.0.1
netmask 255.255.255.0"
# BEGIN ANSIBLE MANAGED BLOCK your first line your second line your third line # END ANSIBLE MANAGED BLOCK
Blockinfile and conditional[edit]
- !/usr/bin/env ansible-playbook
- hosts: localhost
become: no
gather_facts: no
tasks:
- name: "Searching for a String"
register: ispresentvar
shell: "grep -i 'your' /tmp/your_file.txt"
- name: "sample task in case the String present in the file"
debug: msg="INFO your is present in /tmp/your_file.txt"
when: ispresentvar is changed
- blockinfile:
path: /tmp/kk.txt
state: present
#backup: yes
marker: "# Request {mark}"
marker_begin: "Ticketnumer"
marker_end: "end"
content: |
your first line
your second line
your third line
when: ispresentvar is not changed
Official examples[edit]
# Before Ansible 2.3, option 'dest' or 'name' was used instead of 'path' - name: Insert/Update "Match User" configuration block in /etc/ssh/sshd_config ansible.builtin.blockinfile: path: /etc/ssh/sshd_config block: | Match User ansible-agent PasswordAuthentication no - name: Insert/Update eth0 configuration stanza in /etc/network/interfaces (it might be better to copy files into /etc/network/interfaces.d/) ansible.builtin.blockinfile: path: /etc/network/interfaces block: | iface eth0 inet static address 192.0.2.23 netmask 255.255.255.0 - name: Insert/Update configuration using a local file and validate it ansible.builtin.blockinfile: block: "Template:Lookup('ansible.builtin.file', './local/sshd config')" path: /etc/ssh/sshd_config backup: yes validate: /usr/sbin/sshd -T -f %s
- name: Insert/Update HTML surrounded by custom markers after <body> line
ansible.builtin.blockinfile:
path: /var/www/html/index.html
marker: "<!-- {mark} ANSIBLE MANAGED BLOCK -->"
insertafter: "<body>"
block: |
<h1>Welcome to {{ ansible_hostname }}</h1>
<p>Last updated on {{ ansible_date_time.iso8601 }}</p>
- name: Remove HTML as well as surrounding markers
ansible.builtin.blockinfile:
path: /var/www/html/index.html
marker: "<!-- {mark} ANSIBLE MANAGED BLOCK -->"
block: ""
- name: Add mappings to /etc/hosts
ansible.builtin.blockinfile:
path: /etc/hosts
block: |
{{ item.ip }} {{ item.name }}
marker: "# {mark} ANSIBLE MANAGED BLOCK {{ item.name }}"
loop:
- { name: host1, ip: 10.10.1.10 }
- { name: host2, ip: 10.10.1.11 }
- { name: host3, ip: 10.10.1.12 }
- name: Search with a multiline search flags regex and if found insert after
blockinfile:
path: listener.ora
block: "{{ listener_line | indent(width=8, first=True) }}"
insertafter: '(?m)SID_LIST_LISTENER_DG =\n.*\(SID_LIST ='
marker: " <!-- {mark} ANSIBLE MANAGED BLOCK -->"
Errors[edit]
ERROR! 'blockinfile' is not a valid attribute for a Play
Related[edit]
See also[edit]
- Ansible:
lineinfile, blockinfile - 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, ansible.posix
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