[ansible-project] run two command in one task

[Roy]

Hi,

I was trying to write simple task in ansible to create HDFS user hone
directory if it's not exist. So following is the task I wrote

- name: create user home dir in HDFS
shell: shell: "hadoop fs -test -d /user/{{ item.name }} || (hadoop fs
-mkdir /user/{{ item.name }} && hadoop fs -chown {{ item.name }} /user/{{
item.name }})"
when: "'hdfsuser' in {{ item.groups }} and '{{ inventory_hostname }}' in
['hadoop-client01.dev.abc.com']"
with_items: ssh_users
remote_user: hdfs
tags:
- hadoop


But I want to make it more simplified by breaking the shell command into
two.

so is it possible to have conditional dependent two commands in one single
task.

or is there better way to do this ?

Thanks

[Paul Markham]

Maybe use register variables; something like:

- name: test user home dir in HDFS
shell: hadoop fs -test -d /user/{{ item.name }}
register: hadoop_dir

- name: create user home dir in HDFS
shell: hadoop fs -mkdir /user/{{ item.name }}
when: hadoop_dir|failed

- name: chown user home dir in HDFS
hadoop fs -chown {{ item.name }} /user/{{ item.name }})
when: hadoop_dir|failed