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tvl
Asked: 2016-08-11 07:42:24 +0800 CST

Remove symlink with Ansible

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I have a dead symlink named dead_symlink under the directory /usr/local/bin

When Ansible check the file it reports it exists

- stat: "path=/usr/local/bin/dead_symlink"
  register: dead_symlink_bin

- debug: var=dead_symlink_bin.stat.exists

But when I try to remove it, it reports 'ok' but nothing is happening (the symlink is still there)

- name: Remove symlink
  file:
    path: "path=/usr/local/bin/dead_symlink"
    state: absent

What am I doing wrong?

symbolic-link symlink ansible

2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    You have a synatx error in your task. It should be:

    - name: Remove symlink
  file:
   path: "/usr/local/bin/dead_symlink"
   state: absent

    Ansible is probably looking for the path path=/usr/local/bin/dead_symlink and not for /usr/local/bin/dead_symlink.

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  2. For me in playbook 

    - name: Deleting Default Configurations
  when: sitelink is success
  file: path=/etc/nginx/site-enabled/default state=absent

    above code is working nice for me just replace with your path.

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