--- # 'localhost' needs to be the last item for idempotency, the mysql_user docs - name: Secure the mysql root user with a password mysql_user: name=root host={{ item }} password={{ mysql_root_password }} login_unix_socket={{ mysql_socket }} when: mysql_root_password is defined with_items: - '{{ ansible_hostname }}' - 127.0.0.1 - ::1 - localhost ignore_errors: True tags: [ 'mysql', 'mysql_root' ] - name: Secure the mysql root user when no password has been defined mysql_user: name=root host={{ item }} password="" login_unix_socket={{ mysql_socket }} when: mysql_root_password is not defined with_items: - '{{ ansible_hostname }}' - 127.0.0.1 - ::1 - localhost ignore_errors: True tags: [ 'mysql', 'mysql_root' ] - name: Install the .my.cnf file with root password credentials template: src=dot_my.cnf.j2 dest=/root/.my.cnf owner=root group=root mode=0400 when: mysql_root_password is defined tags: [ 'mysql', 'mysql_root' ] - name: delete anonymous MySQL server user for the server hostname mysql_user: user="" host="{{ ansible_hostname }}" state="absent" login_unix_socket={{ mysql_socket }} tags: [ 'mysql', 'mysql_root' ] - name: delete anonymous MySQL server user for localhost mysql_user: user="" state="absent" login_unix_socket={{ mysql_socket }} tags: mysql - name: remove the MySQL test database mysql_db: db=test state=absent login_unix_socket={{ mysql_socket }} tags: mysql