Documentation

assemble

Assemble configuration files from fragments.

Attributes

check_mode:
  support: full

Parameters

Parameter	Required	Type	Description
delimiter		string	A delimiter to separate the file contents.
dest	true	string	A file to create using the concatenation of all of the source files.
ignore_hidden		boolean	A boolean that controls if files that start with a `.` will be included or not. [default: `false`]
mode		string	Permissions of the destination file.
regexp		string	Assemble files only if the given regular expression matches the filename. If not set, all files are assembled.
src	true	string	An already existing directory full of source files.
validate		string	The validation command to run before copying into place. The path to the file to validate is passed in by `%s` which must be present.

Examples

- name: Assemble from fragments from a directory
  assemble:
    src: /etc/someapp/fragments
    dest: /etc/someapp/someapp.conf

- name: Insert the provided delimiter between fragments
  assemble:
    src: /etc/someapp/fragments
    dest: /etc/someapp/someapp.conf
    delimiter: '### START FRAGMENT ###'

- name: Assemble a new "sshd_config" file into place, after passing validation
  assemble:
    src: /etc/ssh/conf.d/
    dest: /etc/ssh/sshd_config
    validate: /usr/sbin/sshd -t -f %s