--- - name: Check if cron is installed ansible.builtin.shell: cmd: "set -o pipefail && dpkg -l cron 2>/dev/null | grep -q -E '^(i|h)i'" executable: /bin/bash failed_when: False changed_when: False check_mode: no register: is_cron_installed - name: evocheck crontab is updated ansible.builtin.template: src: crontab.j2 dest: /etc/cron.d/evocheck mode: "0644" owner: root group: root force: true when: is_cron_installed.rc == 0