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How to uncomment a conf file in Linux via ansible

How to uncomment or enable a setting in a config file in Linux using Ansible?

Ansible is quite a good tool,  as it helps to make a lot of changes on a few servers with a minimal effort.

Of course, the challenge is you need to know what you want. And also create an Ansible yaml file that will accomplish the task.

Example YAML file for Ansible below is able to make some changes on the Linux logrotate.conf file.

On Linux logrotate.conf, it has some text like the string below. Note this is just an example and you can tweak it to other settings as desired.

# uncomment this if you want your log files compressed

#compress

The logrotate.conf file, the compress setting is commented. To enable the setting the # or the comment key must be removed.

How to remove the comment in order to enable the setting?

Well, if there's only a single server do it the simple way. Login to the server and edit the file using vim or nano or other text editor.

However, if there are quite a few servers. Ansible is a better solution to do this task.

Here's the YAML Ansible code snippet that will uncomment or enable the settings for logrotate.conf file.

---

 - name: Uncomment line from /etc/logrotate.conf

  hosts: server.007.locals:server008.locals:server009.locals:server010.locals

  tasks:

          - lineinfile:

              path: /etc/logrotate.conf

              regexp: '^#\s*compress.*$'

              line: 'compress'

              backrefs: yes

The server is defined manually, ideally it should point to an Ansible inventory file. If need to select just a few servers defining the server manually on the Ansible file is okay.

Save the code snippet as "log_change.yml" and if you just want to test without making any changes run:

ansible-playbook log_change.yml --check

--check will simulate what's going to happen or what changes will be done.

So, it's always a good idea to test before rolling out any permanent changes.

The code above is inspired from this StackOverflow post: Replace a line in a config file with ansible - Stack Overflow



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