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