---
- name: Checking for journald.conf
  stat: path=/etc/systemd/journald.conf
  register: journald_conf_file

- name: Create journald persistence directories
  file:
    path: /var/log/journal
    state: directory

- name: Update journald setup
  replace:
    dest: /etc/systemd/journald.conf
    regexp: '^(\#| )?{{ item.var }}=\s*.*?$'
    replace: ' {{ item.var }}={{ item.val }}'
    backup: yes
  with_items: "{{ journald_vars_to_replace | default([]) }}"
  when: journald_conf_file.stat.exists
  register: journald_update

# I need to restart journald immediatelly, otherwise it gets into way during
# further steps in ansible
- name: Restart journald
  command: "systemctl restart systemd-journald"
  retries: 3
  delay: 5
  register: result
  until: result.rc == 0
  when: journald_update is changed