--- - name: touch sysctl.conf copy: content: '' dest: /etc/sysctl.conf force: no - name: copy ff.conf copy: src: ff.conf dest: /etc/sysctl.d/ff.conf register: ff_conf - name: reload sysctl when: ff_conf.changed command: /usr/bin/sysctl -p /etc/sysctl.d/ff.conf