Check if a directory exists — Ansible module stat

Deep dive into the Ansible module stat of the collection “ansible.builtin” to test if a specified path is a directory and print a message. Live demo and Ansible playbook included.

How to check if a directory exists in Ansible?
I’m going to show you a live demo and some simple Ansible code.
I’m Luca Berton and welcome to today’s episode of Ansible Pilot

Ansible check directory exists

Today we’re talking about the Ansible module stat.
The full name is ansible.builtin.stat, which means that is part of the collection of modules “builtin” with ansible and shipped with it.
It’s a module pretty stable and out for years.
It works in a different variety of operating systems.
It retrieves a file entry or a file system status.