Ansible task to know if a path exists and if its a directory

Question

I want to write a playbook that tests whether a path exists and if its a directory. How do i write an Ansible playbook for the same?

Answer 1

Hi @Nisha, use the stat module provided by Ansible for this:

- stat:
    path: /path/to/something
  register: p
- debug:
    msg: "Path exists and is a directory"
  when: p.stat.isdir is defined and p.stat.isdir