--- - hosts: webservers vars: http_port: 80 max_clients: 200 remote_user: root tasks: - name: ensure apache is at the latest version yum: name: httpd state: latest - name: write the apache config file template: src: /srv/httpd.j2 dest: /etc/httpd.conf notify: - restart apache - name: ensure apache is running service: name: httpd state: started handlers: - name: restart apache service: name: httpd state: restarted