--- - name: Create needed directories file: path={{ item.dir }} state=directory owner={{ item.owner | default(omit) }} group={{ item.group | default(omit) }} mode={{ item.mode | default(omit) }} loop: - dir: "{{ mvn_root_dir }}" - dir: "{{ mvn_root_dir }}/meta" mode: 700 - dir: "{{ mvn_root_dir }}/tmp" mode: 700 - dir : "{{ mvn_root_dir }}/apache-maven" tags: mvn