Alternative for blockinfile in Ansible 1.9

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1

I know we can use blockinfile in Ansible 2. Is there any way to achieve same in Ansible 1.9

2

Have you considered lineinfile?

3

I considered it, But It doesn’t work when I add multiple group to sshd_config file. For ex for below configuration lineinfile updates at same line for another group as well

  • name: SFTP-Server | Add sshd_config block
    lineinfile:
    dest: /etc/ssh/sshd_config
    line: “{{ item.line }}”
    insertafter: “{{ item.insertafter }}”
    with_items:
  • { line: “Match Group {{ sftp_group_name }}”, insertafter: “EOF” }
  • { line: " PasswordAuthentication yes", insertafter: ‘Match Group {{ sftp_group_name }}’ }
  • { line: " ForceCommand internal-sftp {{ sftp_enable_logging | ternary(‘-l VERBOSE’, ‘’) }}", insertafter: ‘Match Group {{ sftp_group_name }}’ }
  • { line: " X11Forwarding no", insertafter: ‘Match Group {{ sftp_group_name }}’ }
  • { line: " AllowTCPForwarding no", insertafter: ‘Match Group {{ sftp_group_name }}’ }
  • { line: " ChrootDirectory %h", insertafter: ‘Match Group {{ sftp_group_name }}’ }
    notify: SFTP-Server | Restart sshd
4

This sort of logic seems a little bit over the top for lineinfile.
What about using the template module?

Dick