hcp-ansible/roles/consul/tasks/prerequisites.yml

---
# task/prerequisites file for consul
- name: "Consul | Create group {{ consul_group }}"
  ansible.builtin.group:
    name: "{{ consul_group }}"
    state: present

- name: "Consul | Create user {{ consul_user }}"
  ansible.builtin.user:
    name: "{{ consul_user }}"
    group: "{{ consul_group }}"
    shell: /bin/false
    state: present

- name: "Consul | Create directory {{ consul_config_dir }}"
  ansible.builtin.file:
    path: "{{ consul_config_dir }}"
    state: directory
    owner: "{{ consul_user }}"
    group: "{{ consul_group }}"
    mode: "0755"

- name: "Consul | Create directory {{ consul_data_dir}}"
  ansible.builtin.file:
    path: "{{ consul_data_dir }}"
    state: directory
    owner: "{{ consul_user }}"
    group: "{{ consul_group }}"
    mode: "0755"

- name: "Consul | Create directory {{ consul_certs_dir }}"
  ansible.builtin.file:
    path: "{{ consul_certs_dir }}"
    state: directory
    owner: "{{ consul_user }}"
    group: "{{ consul_group }}"
    mode: "0755"

- name: "Consul | Create directory {{ consul_logs_dir }}"
  ansible.builtin.file:
    path: "{{ consul_logs_dir }}"
    state: directory
    owner: "{{ consul_user }}"
    group: "{{ consul_group }}"
    mode: "0755"
  when: consul_enable_log_to_file