- name: Change ssh port gather_facts: false hosts: localhost user: root tasks: - name: change sshd config lineinfile: > dest=/etc/ssh/sshd_config regexp="^Port" line="Port {{ ssh_port }}" state=present - name: restart ssh service: name=sshd state=reloaded - name: Change ansible ssh port to 2332 set_fact: ansible_ssh_port: '{{ ssh_port }}'