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Sreeraju V
Sreeraju V

Reputation: 613

Adding space in front of each line in ansible block

I am trying to add a block in a file with space in front of it. Ansible script i used is given below.

- name: Disable Apache Directory listing, Symbolic Links, Server side includes and CGI execution 
  blockinfile:
    dest: /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.conf
    insertbefore: '</VirtualHost>'
    block: |
      Options -Indexes -FollowSymLinks  -Includes -ExecCGI
      LimitRequestBody  10485760

But output i am getting is given below :

<VirtualHost *:80>
# BEGIN ANSIBLE MANAGED BLOCK
Options -Indexes -FollowSymLinks  -Includes -ExecCGI
LimitRequestBody  10485760
# END ANSIBLE MANAGED BLOCK
</VirtualHost>

What i am expecting is :

<VirtualHost *:80>
    # BEGIN ANSIBLE MANAGED BLOCK
    Options -Indexes -FollowSymLinks  -Includes -ExecCGI
    LimitRequestBody  10485760
    # END ANSIBLE MANAGED BLOCK
</VirtualHost>

We can't use space in front of blockinfile code like we use in line 

line: '        Options -Indexes -FollowSymLinks  -Includes -ExecCGI'

How can we do it any ideas ?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1785

Answers (1)

Setanta
Setanta

Reputation: 996

Use yaml Block Indentation Indicator:

- name: Disable Apache Directory listing, Symbolic Links, Server side includes and CGI execution 
  blockinfile:
    dest: testfile.conf
    insertbefore: '</VirtualHost>'
    block: |4
            Options -Indexes -FollowSymLinks  -Includes -ExecCGI
            LimitRequestBody  10485760

This will give:

<VirtualHost *:80>
# BEGIN ANSIBLE MANAGED BLOCK
    Options -Indexes -FollowSymLinks  -Includes -ExecCGI
    LimitRequestBody  10485760 
# END ANSIBLE MANAGED BLOCK
</VirtualHost>

Note that the indentation in the block is important for this to work correctly.

https://yaml.org/spec/1.2/spec.html#id2793979

Upvotes: 1

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