--- - name: Configure /etc/mailname (Debian). copy: content: "{{ hostname_fqdn }}\n" dest: /etc/mailname when: ansible_os_family == 'Debian' - name: Add hostname to /etc/hosts. lineinfile: dest: /etc/hosts regexp: '.*\t{{ hostname_short }}$' line: "127.0.0.1\t{{ hostname_fqdn }}\t{{ hostname_short }}" state: present unsafe_writes: "{{ hostname_unsafe_writes }}" - name: Configure hostname. copy: content: "{{ (ansible_os_family == 'Debian') | ternary(hostname_short, hostname_fqdn) }}\n" dest: /etc/hostname unsafe_writes: "{{ hostname_unsafe_writes }}" register: set_hostname - name: Set the hostname for current session. shell: hostname --file /etc/hostname when: set_hostname.changed