- block: - name: create sshd_config template: src: "sshd_config.j2" dest: /etc/ssh/sshd_config owner: root group: root mode: '0644' notify: sshd restart - name: run the sshd tasks once set_fact: run_once_sys_svc_sshd: true when: run_once_sys_svc_sshd is not defined