--- #Add the elasticsearch user before installing from packages. - name: Ensure optional elasticsearch group is created with the correct id. become: yes #Restart if these change notify: restart elasticsearch group: state: present name: "{{ es_group }}" system: yes gid: "{{ es_group_id }}" - name: Ensure optional elasticsearch user is created with the correct id. become: yes #Restart if these change notify: restart elasticsearch user: state: present name: "{{ es_user }}" comment: elasticsearch system user system: yes createhome: no uid: "{{ es_user_id }}" group: "{{ es_group }}"