run-as-root.yml

---
   - name: Enable user Ansible on system
     hosts: devserver 
     user: root

     tasks:
       - user: name=ansible shell=/bin/bash comment="I&O Ansible Service account" password=$6$rounds=656000$pEbr4HWdkilFYnQe$TDrF4eW.8ysERYbQ7YKyCIFSEYoqNJMv83Um/d27HGoCLKevXLalTGxx7u3EEw1HmtszqGaRFy8uN8m5Coe2n0
       - shell: groupadd allowedgrp
       - shell: groupadd symmetry
       - user: name=ansible groups=allowedgrp append=yes
#       - name: placing ssh public key
# The id_rsa.pub file has to be generated 1st using ssh-keygen command, the command below will generate the authorised keys
         #authorized_key: user=ansible key="{{ lookup('file', '/home/ansible/.ssh/id_rsa.pub') }}"

       - command: cp -f /etc/sudoers /etc/sudoers.tmp
       - lineinfile: "dest=/etc/sudoers.tmp state=present regexp='^root' insertafter='^root' line='ansible ALL=(ALL)       NOPASSWD: ALL'"
       - shell: visudo -q -c -f /etc/sudoers.tmp && cp -f /etc/sudoers.tmp /etc/sudoers