ansible create a file /dir

[root@controller home]# cat createfile.yml
- hosts: localhost
  become: true
  tasks:
  - name: Create a file
    file: path=/home/kiran/kiran.txt state=touch

[root@controller home]#

[root@controller home]# ansible-playbook createfile.yml 

PLAY [localhost] *************************************************************************************************************************************

TASK [Gathering Facts] *******************************************************************************************************************************

ok: [localhost]

TASK [Create a file] *********************************************************************************************************************************

changed: [localhost]

PLAY RECAP *******************************************************************************************************************************************

localhost                  : ok=2    changed=1    unreachable=0    failed=0   

[root@controller home]# ls

createfile.yml  kiran

[root@controller home]# cd kiran

[root@controller kiran]# ls -ltr 

total 0

drwxr-xr-x. 2 kiran kiran 6 Oct  6 07:59 Templates

drwxr-xr-x. 2 kiran kiran 6 Oct  6 07:59 Public

drwxr-xr-x. 2 kiran kiran 6 Oct  6 07:59 Downloads

drwxr-xr-x. 2 kiran kiran 6 Oct  6 07:59 Documents

drwxr-xr-x. 2 kiran kiran 6 Oct  6 07:59 Desktop

drwxr-xr-x. 2 kiran kiran 6 Oct  6 07:59 Videos

drwxr-xr-x. 2 kiran kiran 6 Oct  6 07:59 Pictures

drwxr-xr-x. 2 kiran kiran 6 Oct  6 07:59 Music

-rw-r--r--  1 root  root  0 Oct 18 14:42 kiran.txt

[root@controller kiran]#

[root@controller home]# cat createdir.yml
- hosts: localhost
  become: true
  tasks:
  - name: Create directory
    file: path=/home/kiran/kiran state=directory mode=775 owner=kiran group=kiran

[root@controller home]# ansible-playbook createdir.yml 

PLAY [localhost] *************************************************************************************************************************************

TASK [Gathering Facts] *******************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost]

TASK [Create directory] ******************************************************************************************************************************
changed: [localhost]

PLAY RECAP *******************************************************************************************************************************************
localhost                  : ok=2    changed=1    unreachable=0    failed=0   

root@controller home]# cd kiran
[root@controller kiran]# ls -ltr
total 0
drwxr-xr-x. 2 kiran kiran 6 Oct  6 07:59 Templates
drwxr-xr-x. 2 kiran kiran 6 Oct  6 07:59 Public
drwxr-xr-x. 2 kiran kiran 6 Oct  6 07:59 Downloads
drwxr-xr-x. 2 kiran kiran 6 Oct  6 07:59 Documents
drwxr-xr-x. 2 kiran kiran 6 Oct  6 07:59 Desktop
drwxr-xr-x. 2 kiran kiran 6 Oct  6 07:59 Videos
drwxr-xr-x. 2 kiran kiran 6 Oct  6 07:59 Pictures
drwxr-xr-x. 2 kiran kiran 6 Oct  6 07:59 Music
-rw-r--r--  1 root  root  0 Oct 18 14:42 kiran.txt
drwxrwxr-x  2 kiran kiran 6 Oct 18 14:47 kiran

[root@controller kiran]#