--- - hosts: all sudo: yes vars: user: "{{ ansible_env.SUDO_USER }}" web_app_home: /srv/www web_server_group: www-data tasks: - name: setup webapp deployment folder with the correct permissions file: path={{ web_app_home }} state=directory owner={{ web_server_group }} group=www-data mode=0774 - name: setup webapp deployment configuration + log folders with the correct permissions file: path={{ web_app_home }}/{{ item }} state=directory owner={{ web_server_group }} group={{ web_server_group }} mode=0774 with_items: - config - logs - logs/nginx - name: add user to www-data user: name={{ user }} append=yes groups={{ web_server_group }}