--- - name: create /etc/grafana and /var/lib/grafana file: path: "{{ item }}" state: directory owner: "{{ grafana_uid }}" group: "{{ grafana_uid }}" recurse: true with_items: - /etc/grafana - /var/lib/grafana - name: ship systemd service template: src: grafana-server.service.j2 dest: "/etc/systemd/system/grafana-server.service" owner: root group: root mode: 0644 - name: start the grafana-server service systemd: name: grafana-server state: started enabled: yes daemon_reload: yes failed_when: false