ansible/roles/backups/tasks/main.yml

#!/usr/bin/ansible-playbook
# vim:ft=ansible:
---
- name: Set up general backups
  block:
    - name: Create backups directories
      file:
        state: directory
        mode: "0700"
        path: "{{ item }}"
      loop:
        - "/opt/backups"
        - "/opt/backups/modules"
        - "{{ backups_outdir }}"
    - name: Create /backups symlink
      file:
        state: link
        path: "/backups"
        src: "{{ backups_outdir }}"
    - name: Template out backup script
      template:
        src: "backup.sh"
        dest: "/opt/backups/backup.sh"
        mode: "0700"
    - name: Set backup cronjob
      cron:
        minute: "0"
        hour: "*/6"
        name: ansible-backup
        job: "/opt/backups/backup.sh >> /backups/backups.log 2>&1"
  become: yes