Ansible - Create multiple folders if don't exist

Question

Goal:

• Create multiple directories if they don't exist.
• Don't change permissions of existing folder Current playbook:

- name: stat directories if they exist
  stat:
    path: "{{ item }}"
  loop:
    - /data/directory
    - /data/another
  register: myvar

- debug:
    msg: "{{ myvar.results }}"

- name: create directory if they don't exist
  file:
    path: "{{ item.invocation.module_args.path }}"
    state: directory
    owner: root
    group: root
    mode: 0775
  loop: "{{ stat.results }}"
  when: not myvar.results.stat.exists

The when statement is wrong.

I looked at the example provided. But this only works for a single folder.

Answer 1

Using Ansible modules, you don't need to check if something exist or not, you just describe the desired state, so:

- name: create directories if they don't exist
  file:
    path: "{{ item }}"
    state: directory
    owner: root
    group: root
    mode: 0775
  loop:
    - /data/directory
    - /data/another