blockinfile

Create or configure blocks in files.

Parameters

Parameter

Type

Comments

path

string required

Path to file.

blocks

list required

List of dictionaries (see files-blockinfile.yml)

marker

string required

Label of the marker.

block

string required

Text between markers.

…

…

<TBD>

owner

string

Owner of the file.

group

string

Group of the file.

mode

string

Mode of the file.

create

boolean

Create if does not exist.

validate

string

Command to validate file.

handlers

list

List of handlers.

Example

Create the description of the file (2) and declare the list of the blocks (10)

[contrib/lighttpd_nagios/conf-light/files.d/lighttpd-modulesconf.yml]

 1---
 2lighttpd-modulesconf:
 3  path: /usr/local/etc/lighttpd/modules.conf
 4  create: true
 5  owner: root
 6  group: wheel
 7  mode: "0644"
 8  copyfile: "{{ cl_lighttpd_modulesconf_copy }}"
 9  markers: "{{ cl_lighttpd_modulesconf_markers }}"
10  lines: "{{ cl_lighttpd_modulesconf_lines }}"
11  blocks: "{{ cl_lighttpd_modulesconf_blocks }}"
12  handlers:
13    - configtest lighttpd
14    - reload lighttpd

Create the list of the blocks cl_lighttpd_modulesconf_blocks (89)

[contrib/lighttpd_nagios/cl-lighttpd.yml]

84cl_lighttpd_modulesconf_server_modules:
85  - mod_access
86  - mod_alias
87  - mod_auth
88  - mod_setenv
89cl_lighttpd_modulesconf_blocks:
90  - marker: server.modules
91    block: |
92      server.modules = (
93      {% for module in cl_lighttpd_modulesconf_server_modules %}
94        "{{ module }}",
95      {% endfor %}
96      )

Then, the command

shell> ansible-playbook config-light.yml -t cl_files_blockinfile

creates this block in modules.conf

##

# BEGIN ANSIBLE MANAGED BLOCK server.modules
server.modules = (
  "mod_access",
  "mod_alias",
  "mod_auth",
  "mod_setenv",
)
# END ANSIBLE MANAGED BLOCK server.modules

##

See also