Ansible win_file Module: Create Directory on Windows Hosts (Guide) — Video Tutorial

How to create a directory in Windows-like systems 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 create a directory > `ansible.windows.win_file` Creates, touches, or removes files or directories Today we're talking about the Ansible module `win_file`. The full name is `ansible.windows.win_file`, which means that is part of the collection of modules to interact with windows machines. It's a module pretty stable and out for years. It creates, touches, or removes files or directories. For Linux targets, use the `ansible.builtin.file` module instead Main Parameters - `path` path - file path - `state` string - `file`/`absent`/`directory`/`touch` This module has some parameters to perform different tasks. The only required is "path", where you specify the filesystem path of the file you're going to edit. The state defines the type of object we are modifying, the default is "file" but for our use case, we need the "directory" option. Links - [ansible.windows.win_file](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/ansible/windows/win_file_module.html) ## Playbook How to create an "example" directory/folder in the Desktop of the user on Windows-like systems with Ansible Playbook. code ```yaml --- - name: win_file module demo hosts: all vars: mydir: 'C:\Users\vagrant\Desktop\example' tasks: - name: Create a directory ansible.windows.win_file: path: "{{ mydir }}" state: directory ``` execution ```bash ansible-pilot $ ansible-playbook -i virtualmachines/win/inventory create\ directory/directory_create_windows.yml PLAY [win_file module demo] *********************************************************************** TASK [Gathering Facts] **************************************************************************** ok: [WindowsServer] TASK [Create a directory] ************************************************************************* changed: [WindowsServer] PLAY RECAP **************************************************************************************** WindowsServer : ok=2 changed=1 unreachable=0 failed=0 skipped=0 rescued=0 ignored=0 ansible-pilot $ ``` idempotency ```bash ansible-pilot $ ansible-playbook -i virtualmachines/win/inventory create\ directory/directory_create_windows.yml PLAY [win_file module demo] *********************************************************************** TASK [Gathering Facts] **************************************************************************** ok: [WindowsServer] TASK [Create a directory] ************************************************************************* ok: [WindowsServer] PLAY RECAP **************************************************************************************** WindowsServer : ok=2 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=0 skipped=0 rescued=0 ignored=0 ansible-pilot $ ``` before executio