--- - name: enable serial console in grub and for kernel lineinfile: dest: /etc/default/grub regexp: "{{ item.regexp }}" line: "{{ item.line }}" with_items: - { regexp: '^GRUB_TIMEOUT=', line: 'GRUB_TIMEOUT=2' } - { regexp: '^GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=', line: 'GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="console=ttyS0,115200n8"' } - { regexp: '^GRUB_TERMINAL=', line: 'GRUB_TERMINAL=serial' } - { regexp: '^GRUB_SERIAL_COMMAND=', line: 'GRUB_SERIAL_COMMAND="serial --unit=0 --speed=115200 --word=8 --parity=no --stop=1"' } notify: update grub