--- - name: set hostname hostname: name: "{{ inventory_hostname_short }}" ignore_errors: yes - name: /etc/hostname copy: dest: /etc/hostname content: "{{ inventory_hostname_short }}\n" owner: root group: root mode: 0644 backup: yes - name: /etc/hosts template: dest: /etc/hosts src: hosts.j2 owner: root group: root mode: 0644