--- - name: create group 'ansible' group: name: ansible gid: 501 - name: create user 'ansible' user: name: ansible uid: 501 group: ansible home: /var/lib/ansible password: "*" # disabled password but can be accessed with SSH groups: - wheel append: true - name: make sure ansible owns its home file: state: directory path: /var/lib/ansible owner: ansible group: ansible mode: '2755' - name: commit ansible's home to lbu lbu: include: - /var/lib/ansible exclude: - /var/lib/ansible/.ansible - /var/lib/ansible/.ash_history when: ansible_distribution == "Alpine" and alpine_mode in ["diskless", "data"]