- name: Install collectd apt: pkg=collectd state=present tags: - dependencies - name: Copy collectd configuration file into place template: src=etc_collectd_collectd.conf.j2 dest=/etc/collectd/collectd.conf notify: restart collectd - name: Ensure collectd is started service: name=collectd state=started # Work around https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/issues/915 # otherwise we'd use enabled=yes in previous task - name: Ensure collectd is enabled command: update-rc.d collectd enable creates=/etc/rc3.d/S03collectd