How to Add Execute Permission 755 on Linux file 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 Add Execute Permission

  • ansible.builtin.file
  • Manage files and file properties

Today we're talking about the Ansible module file.

The full name is ansible.builtin.file, which means that is part of the collection of modules "builtin" with ansible and shipped with it.

It's a module pretty stable and out for years.

It works in a different variety of operating systems.

It manages files and file properties.

For Windows targets, use the ansible.windows.win_file module instead.

Main Parameters

  • path _string_ (dest, name) - file path
  • owner _string_ - user
  • group _string_ - group
  • mode _raw_ - Ex: '0644' or 'u=rw,g=r,o=r'
  • state _string_ - file, absent, directory, hard, link, touch
  • setype/seuser/selevel - SELinux

This module has some parameters to perform any tasks.

The only required is "path", where you specify the filesystem path of the file you're going to edit.

The parameter "owner" set the user that should own the file/directory.

The parameter "group" set the group that should own the file/directory.

The parameter "mode" set the permissions in the UNIX way of the file/directory.

The state defines the type of object we are modifying, the default is "file" but we could handle also directories, hard links, symlinks, or only update the access time with the "touch" option.

Let me also highlight that we could also specify the SELinux properties.

Links

  • [ansible.builtin.file](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/ansible/builtin/file_module.html)

## Playbook

How to Add Execute Permission 755 file on Linux with Ansible Playbook.

I'm going to show you how to set the chmod +x of an example.sh Linux file with Ansible.

code

  • file_permission.yml

``yaml

---

  • name: file module demo

hosts: all

vars:

myscript: "~/example.sh"

tasks:

- name: set execution permission

ansible.builtin.file:

dest: "{{ myscript }}"

mode: 'a+x'

`

  • example.sh

`bash

#!/bin/bash

echo "Hello World"

`

execution

`bash

ansible-pilot $ ansible-playbook -i virtualmachines/demo/inventory file_management/file_permission.yml

PLAY [file module demo] *

TASK [Gathering Facts]

ok: [demo.example.com]

TASK [set execution permission] *

changed: [demo.example.com]

PLAY RECAP **

demo.example.com : ok=2 changed=1 unreachable=0 failed=0 skipped=0 rescued=0 ignored=0

ansible-pilot $

`

idempotency

``bash

ansible-pilot $ ans