directory-make

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This role makes sure certain directories exist and have the correct permissions.

Each directory is described as follows:

• group: The name of the group that the directory belongs to (default: dirmake_group)
• mode: The permissions for the directory (default: 0700)
• owner: The user that owns the directory (default: dirmake_user)
• path: The directory's location that you want to check (required, no default)

Requirements

This role does not have any specific requirements.

Role Variables

All variables in this role start with the prefix dirmake_.

• dirmake_directories: A list of directories to check, with details as mentioned above (default: [])
• dirmake_group: The default group for the directories (default: none, system will decide)
• dirmake_mode: The default permissions for the directories (default: 0700)
• dirmake_owner: The default owner of the directories (default: remote_user)

Dependencies

This role does not depend on any other roles.

Example Playbook

Here is an example of how to use this role (with variables specified):

- hosts: servers
  vars:
    dirmake_directories:
      - path: "/home/user/some/path"
        owner: "alice"
        mode: 0600
      - path: "/home/user/some/other/path"
      - path: "/home/user/yet/another/directory"
        group: "bob"
  roles:
    - role: cans.directory-make


- hosts: servers
  vars_files:
    - vars/part1.yml   # contains directory_list_1
    - vars/part2.yml   # contains directory_list_2
  roles:
    - role: cans.directory-make
      dirmake_directories: "{{ directory_list_1 + directory_list_2 }}"

License

GPLv2

Author Information

Copyright © 2017, Nicolas CANIART.