Become user

•   become: true
    become_user: OS_USER_NAME
  

Tasks

•   tasks:
      name: TASK_NAME_OR_DESCRIPTION
      MODULE_FQDN:
        ARGS_1: ...
        ARGS_2: ...
        ARGS_3: ...
        ...
      [ADDITIONAL_PROPERTIES]
  

• e.g. of ADDITIONAL_PROPERTIES are become, become_user, register, etc.

Register usage

• - name: Check the the application directory is present
    stat:
      path: ~/APP_DIRECTORY
    register: app_directory_check
  - name: Create the application directory if not present
    ansible.builtin.file:
      path: ~/APP_DIRECTORY
      state: directory
      mode: '0755'
    when: app_directory_check.stat.exists != true
  

Custom command

• custom command can be executed using ansible builtin command module

•   - name: Run ls command
      ansible.builtin.command: ls
  

ls

• - name: run ls and register the output
    ansible.builtin.command:
      chdir: /root
      cmd: ls -alh
    register: shell_result
  - name: show the ls registered output
    ansible.builtin.debug:
      var: shell_result.stdout_lines
  

delete a file

• just use the file module and add the path to delete and set state to absent