--- - name: Ensure elasticsearch is started service: name={{instance_init_script | basename}} state=started enabled=yes - name: Wait for elasticsearch to startup wait_for: port={{es_api_port}} delay=10 - name: Get template files shell: find . -maxdepth 1 -type f | sed "s#\./##" | sed "s/.json//" chdir=/etc/elasticsearch/templates register: resultstemplate #The basic auth details here may not be required - send always if they are defined. If not needed they will be ignored. - name: Install template(s) with auth command: "curl -sL -XPUT http://{{es_api_host}}:{{es_api_port}}/_template/{{item}} -d @/etc/elasticsearch/templates/{{item}}.json {% if es_api_basic_auth_username is defined and es_api_basic_auth_password is defined%}-u {{es_api_basic_auth_username}}:{{es_api_basic_auth_password}}{% endif %}" with_items: "{{ resultstemplate.stdout_lines }}"