mongodb: configuration is forced by default but it's configurable

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ The **patch** part changes incrmentally at each release.
 * elasticsearch: use ES_TMPDIR variable for custom tmpdir, (from `/etc/default/elasticsearch` instead of changing `/etc/elesticsearch/jvm.options`).
 * elasticsearch: RESTART_ON_UPGRADE is configurable (default: `true`)
 * nagios-nrpe: mark plugins as executable
+* mongodb: configuration is forced by default but it's configurable (default: `true`)
 * nginx: package name can be specified (default: `nginx-full`)
 
 ### Fixed

mongodb/README.md

@@ -12,5 +12,6 @@ Everything is in the `tasks/main.yml` file.
 
 * `mongodb_port`: port to listen to (default: `27017`)
 * `mongodb_bind`: IP to bind to (default: `127.0.0.1`)
+* `mongodb_force_config`: force copy the configuration (default: `true`)
 
 The full list of variables (with default values) can be found in `defaults/main.yml`.

mongodb/defaults/main.yml

@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@
 
 mongodb_port: 27017
 mongodb_bind: 127.0.0.1
+
+mongodb_force_config: True

mongodb/tasks/main_jessie.yml

@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@
   template:
     src: mongod_jessie.conf.j2
     dest: "/etc/mongod.conf"
-    force: yes
-    backup: no
+    force: "{{ mongodb_force_config | bool | ternary('yes', 'no') }}"
   notify: restart mongod
 
 - name: Configure logrotate

mongodb/tasks/main_stretch.yml

@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@
   template:
     src: mongodb_stretch.conf.j2
     dest: "/etc/mongodb.conf"
-    force: yes
-    backup: no
+    force: "{{ mongodb_force_config | bool | ternary('yes', 'no') }}"
   notify: restart mongodb
 
 - name: enable service