--- - name: Install MariaDB apt: name="{{ item }}" state=installed with_items: - mariadb-client - mariadb-server - python-mysqldb - name: Enable and start MariaDB service: name=mysql enabled=yes state=started - name: Set password for the root database user mysql_user: check_implicit_admin=yes name=root password="{{ db_root_password }}" - name: Deploy username and password for the root database user template: src="root_my.cnf.j2" dest="/root/.my.cnf" owner=root group=root mode=400 - name: Set UTF-8 encoding as default for MariaDB copy: src="utf8.cnf" dest="/etc/mysql/conf.d/utf8.cnf" owner=root group=root mode=644 notify: Restart MariaDB