getent group

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HI team,

I have to check the group via getent if the group is not present I have to create a new group. how can I mention this is when module

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Try using the examples at https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/playbooks_conditionals.html?highlight=register#register-variables

3

You don't need to check if the group exist, the group module will create the group if it doesn't exist and if it exist it will not do anything.

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Thanks Kai this is what I am looking for …