Ansible: insert a single word on an existing line in a file

Question

I have to use Ansible modules in order to edit the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file - every time I create a new user I want to append it at these two lines:

AllowUs         


        

Answer 1

You could do it in a single play with a newline, but I think it's cleaner to use two lineinfile plays for this.

- hosts: '127.0.0.1'
  vars:
    usernames:
       - larry
       - curly
       - moe
    usergroups:
       - stooges
       - admins
  tasks:
    - lineinfile:
        dest: /etc/ssh/sshd_config
        regexp: '^AllowUsers'
        line: "AllowUsers {{usernames | join(' ')}}"
    - lineinfile:
        dest: /etc/ssh/sshd_config
        regexp: '^AllowGroups'
        line: "AllowGroups {{usergroups | join(' ')}}"

Note that groups is a reserved word so don't use that as a variable name.