--- - 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" - name: Update apt cache. apt: update_cache=yes cache_valid_time=86400 - name: Install Ansible. apt: name: ansible state: installed default_release: "{{ ansible_distribution_release }}-backports"