--- # Check if a password has already been created - name: Check if password exists stat: path={{ pass_file }} register: current_pass # When no pass exist, create a new one - name: Install pwgen package: name=pwgen - when: not current_pass.stat.exists block: - shell: pwgen {% if complex | default(True) %}-y -r \`\'\"\\\|\^\# {% endif %}-s {{ pass_size | default(50) }} 1 register: rand_pass # Now write this new pass - copy: content={{ rand_pass.stdout | trim }} dest={{ pass_file }} mode=600 # When pass already exists, just read it - name: Read the password slurp: src={{ pass_file }} register: rand_pass - set_fact: rand_pass={{ rand_pass.content | b64decode | trim }}