- add "new_host" role for system setup

- no longer use "all" to mention all hosts in playbooks
- update of hosts file to now use localhost as "test"

1 files changed, 34 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/home/.ansible/roles/new_host/tasks/backup_system_files.yml~ b/home/.ansible/roles/new_host/tasks/backup_system_files.yml~
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+---
+- name: check backup directory status
+  ansible.builtin.stat:
+    path: "{{ backup_etc_dir }}"
+  register: backup_dir
+  tags: ['backup_dir_status']
+
+- name: create backup directory if it does not exist
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: "{{ backup_etc_dir }}"
+    state: directory
+  become: true
+  become_user: root
+  when: backup_dir.stat.isdir is not defined
+  tags: ['create_backup_dir']
+
+- name: backup of system files
+  ansible.builtin.copy:
+    src: /etc/{{ item  }}
+    remote_src: true
+    dest: "{{ backup_etc_dir }}/"
+    mode: preserve
+  with_items:
+    - hosts.allow
+    - hosts.deny
+    - inetd.conf
+    - sudoers
+    - hosts
+    - fstab
+    - inittab
+  become: true
+  become_user: root
+  when: backup_dir.stat.isdir is defined
+  tags: ['backup_files']