Ansible: Insert line if not exists

Question

I\'m trying insert a line in a property file using ansible. I want to add some property if it does not exist, but not replace it if such property already exists in the file.

Answer 1

This is the only way I was able to get this to work.

- name: checking for host
  shell: cat /database.properties | grep couchbase.host | wc -l
  register: test_grep

- debug: msg="{{test_grep.stdout}}"

- name: adding license server
  lineinfile: dest=/database.properties line="couchbase.host=127.0.0.1"
  when: test_grep.stdout == "0"