Ansible Set File Permissions 755: chmod with file Module Guide — Video Tutorial

How to Add Execute Permission 755 on Linux file with Ansible? I'm going to show you a live Playbook and some simple Ansible code. I'm Luca Berton and welcome to today's episode of Ansible Pilot. Ansible Add Execute Permission - `ansible.builtin.file` - Manage files and file properties Today we're talking about the Ansible module `file`. The full name is `ansible.builtin.file`, which means that is part of the collection of modules "`builtin`" with ansible and shipped with it. It's a module pretty stable and out for years. It works in a different variety of operating systems. It manages files and file properties. For Windows targets, use the `ansible.windows.win_file` module instead. Main Parameters - `path` _string_ (dest, name) - file path - `owner` _string_ - user - `group` _string_ - group - `mode` _raw_ - Ex: '`0644`' or '`u=rw,g=r,o=r`' - `state` _string_ - `file`, `absent`, `directory`, `hard`, `link`, `touch` - setype/seuser/selevel - SELinux This module has some parameters to perform any tasks. The only required is "`path`", where you specify the filesystem path of the file you're going to edit. The parameter "`owner`" set the user that should own the file/directory. The parameter "`group`" set the group that should own the file/directory. The parameter "`mode`" set the permissions in the UNIX way of the file/directory. The state defines the type of object we are modifying, the default is "file" but we could handle also directories, hard links, symlinks, or only update the access time with the "`touch`" option. Let me also highlight that we could also specify the SELinux properties. Links - [ansible.builtin.file](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/ansible/builtin/file_module.html) ## Playbook How to Add Execute Permission 755 file on Linux with Ansible Playbook. I'm going to show you how to set the `chmod +x` of an `example.sh` Linux file with Ansible. code - file_permission.yml ```yaml --- - name: file module demo hosts: all vars: myscript: "~/example.sh" tasks: - name: set execution permission ansible.builtin.file: dest: "{{ myscript }}" mode: 'a+x' ``` - example.sh ```bash #!/bin/bash echo "Hello World" ``` execution ```bash ansible-pilot $ ansible-playbook -i virtualmachines/demo/inventory file_management/file_permission.yml PLAY [file module demo] *************************************************************************** TASK [Gathering Facts] **************************************************************************** ok: [demo.example.com] TASK [set execution permission] ******************************************************************* changed: [demo.example.com] PLAY RECAP **************************************************************************************** demo.example.com : ok=2 changed=1 unreachable=0 failed=0 skipped=0 rescued=0 ignored=0 ansible-pilot $ ``` idempotency ```bash ansible-pilot $ ansible-playbook -i virtual