--- - name: Enable Backports repository. apt_repository: repo: >- deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian {{ ansible_distribution_release }}-backports main' state: present filename: "{{ ansible_distribution_release }}_backports" when: ansible_distribution_version < 9 - name: Update apt cache. apt: update_cache=yes cache_valid_time=86400 - name: Set the default_release option for older Debian versions. set_fact: ansible_default_release: "{{ ansible_distribution_release }}-backports" when: ansible_distribution_version < 9 - name: Install Ansible. apt: name: ansible state: present default_release: "{{ ansible_default_release }}"