Manage customizations of /etc/hosts.

defaults/main.yml

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ grub_cmdline_additional_parameters: ""
 sysctl_custom_file: /etc/sysctl.d/90-custom-values.conf
 sysctl_opts_reload: yes
 sysctl_custom_file_state: present
+custom_etc_hosts_entries: ""
 
 # Only name and value are mandatory. The others have defaults
 sysctl_custom_options: []

tasks/etchosts-customizations.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+---
+- name: etchosts-customizations | Add entries to /etc/hosts
+  when: custom_etc_hosts_entries | length > 0
+  tags:
+    - etchosts
+  block:
+    - name: etchosts-customizations | Add custom entries to /etc/hosts
+      ansible.builtin.blockinfile:
+        path: /etc/hosts
+        marker_begin: 'ansible_etchosts_customizations_start'
+        marker_end: 'ansible_etchosts_customizations_end'
+        marker: "# {mark} Customization to bashrc installed via ansible"
+        block: "{{ custom_etc_hosts_entries }}"
+        state: present
+
+- name: etchosts-customizations | Remove entries from /etc/hosts
+  when: custom_etc_hosts_entries | length == 0
+  tags:
+    - etchosts
+  block:
+    - name: etchosts-customizations | Remove custom entries from /etc/hosts
+      ansible.builtin.blockinfile:
+        path: /etc/hosts
+        marker_begin: 'ansible_etchosts_customizations_start'
+        marker_end: 'ansible_etchosts_customizations_end'
+        marker: "# {mark} Customization to bashrc installed via ansible"
+        block: "{{ custom_etc_hosts_entries }}"
+        state: absent

tasks/main.yml

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
   ansible.builtin.import_tasks: locale.yml
 - name: Set the timezone
   ansible.builtin.import_tasks: timezone.yml
+- name: Manage customizations to the /etc/hosts file
+  ansible.builtin.import_tasks: etchosts-customizations.yml
 - name: Sysctl kernel parameters
   ansible.builtin.import_tasks: sysctl.yml
 - name: Grub command line parameters