test

tasks/ubuntu/main.yml

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
     pkg:
     - gitlab-ce
 
-- name: Create a directory for external configs
+- name: Create a directory for config backups
   ansible.builtin.file:
     path: "/opt/gitlab.rb"
     state: directory
@@ -51,22 +51,29 @@
     group: root
     mode: '0755'
 
-- name: Template a file to /opt/gitlab.rb/_version_
+- name: Populate gitlab config
   ansible.builtin.copy:
     content: |
       {{ gitlab_config }}
-    dest: "/opt/gitlab.rb/{{ config_date_time }}"
+    dest: "/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb/"
     owner: root
     group: root
     mode: '0644'
+    backup: yes
+  register: gitlab_config
+  notify: Reconfigure gitlab
+
+- debug: var=gitlab_config.backup_file
+
+- name: Backup previous gitlab config
+  ansible.builtin.copy:
+     dest: "/opt/gitlab.rb"
+     src: "{{ gitlab_config.backup_file }}"
+     remote_src: true
+  when: gitlab_config.changed
 
-- name: Create a hard link to /opt/gitlab.rb/_version_
+- name: Remove backup file from gitlab config dir
   ansible.builtin.file:
-    src: "/opt/gitlab.rb/{{ config_date_time }}"
-    dest: /etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb
-    owner: root
-    group: root
-    mode: '0644'
-    state: hard
-    force: yes
-  notify: Reconfigure gitlab
+    path: "{{ gitlab_config.backup_file }}"
+    state: absent
+  when: gitlab_config.changed