- name: Persist ipv4 rules become: yes copy: content: "{{ iptables_rules.stdout }}" dest: "/etc/sysconfig/iptables" - name: Persist ipv6 rules become: yes copy: content: "{{ ip6tables_rules.stdout }}" dest: "/etc/sysconfig/ip6tables" # This provides the systemd unit file for iptables which might not be installed - name: Ensure iptables-services is installed become: yes package: name: iptables-services state: present - name: Ensure iptables is started become: yes service: name: iptables state: started enabled: yes