--- - name: enable serial console in grub and for kernel with_items: - regexp: '^GRUB_TIMEOUT=' line: 'GRUB_TIMEOUT=2' - regexp: '^GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=' line: 'GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="console=ttyS0,115200n8"' - regexp: '^GRUB_TERMINAL=' line: 'GRUB_TERMINAL=serial' - regexp: '^GRUB_SERIAL_COMMAND=' line: 'GRUB_SERIAL_COMMAND="serial --unit=0 --speed=115200 --word=8 --parity=no --stop=1"' lineinfile: dest: /etc/default/grub regexp: "{{ item.regexp }}" line: "{{ item.line }}" notify: update grub