--- - hosts: all vars: sudo: yes tasks: - name: add line to source interfaces.d lineinfile: dest=/etc/network/interfaces line="source-directory interfaces.d" backup=yes - name: comment allow-hotplug eth0 lineinfile: dest=/etc/network/interfaces line="# allow-hotplug eth0" regexp="allow-hotplug eth0" backup=yes - name: comment dhcp setup for eth0 lineinfile: dest=/etc/network/interfaces line="# iface eth0 inet dhcp" regexp="iface eth0 inet dhcp" backup=yes - name: put interfaces file for static IP copy: src=debian_setup.static_ip.interfaces dest=/etc/network/interfaces.d/static_ip notify: - restart networking service handlers: - name: restart networking service service: name=networking state=restarted