directory-make

A role that ensures some directories exist and have the right permission.

Each directory is described as follows:

- group: The name of the group the directory should belong to  (default: dirmake\_group)
  mode: The mode the directory should have                     (default: 0700)
  owner: The name of the user that should own the directory    (default: dirmake\_user)
  path: Path of the directory you need to ensure exists        (no default, mandatory)
  

Requirements

This role has no requirements.

Role Variables

All variables in this roles are namespaced with the prefix dirmake_.

• dirmake_directories: the list of directories to check, specified by items as specified above (default: [])
• dirmake_group: the default group the directories should belong to (default: omit, meaning will be determined by the system)
• dirmake_mode: the default mode the directories should have (default: 0700)
• dirmake_owner: the default owner for the directories (default: remote_user)

Dependencies

This role has no dependencies.

Example Playbook

Including an example of how to use your role (for instance, with variables passed in as parameters) is always nice for users too:

- 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   # defines directory_list_1
    - vars/part2.yml   # defines directory_list_2
  roles:
    - role: cans.directory-make
      dirmake_directories: "{{ directory_list_1 + directory_list_2 }}"

License

GPLv2

Author Information

Copyright © 2017, Nicolas CANIART.