Ansible: stat

---
- name: stat
  hosts: all

  tasks:
    - name: Checking File Existence
      stat:
        path: "/etc/hosts"
      register: existence

    - name: Debug File Existence
      debug:
        var: existence
        verbosity: 0

    - name: Report If File Exists
      debug:
        msg: Exists
      when: existence.stat.exists
    
    - name: Report a Missing File
      debug:
        msg: does not exists
      when: not existence.stat.exists

    - name: Task name
      debug:
      msg: "The file or directory exists"
      when: register_name.stat.exists and register_name.stat.isdir

    - name: Task name
      stat:
        path: [path to the file or directory you want to check]
      register: register_name

    - name: Task name 2
      file:
        path: [path to the file you want to create]
        state: touch
      when: not register_name.stat.exists

 

---
- name: stat
  hosts: gitlab-runner

  tasks:
    - name: pppppp
      stat:
        path: /etc/timezone
        get_statsum: yes
      register: stat_timezone

    - debug:
        var: stat_timezone

- hosts: gitlab
  tasks:
    - name: Check File Of gitlab
      stat:
        path: /etc/timezone
        get_checksum: yes
      register: stat_timezone
      when: ansible_ssh_host == 'gitlab'

    - debug: var=stat_timezone