--- - name: Check if certificate already exists. stat: path: /etc/letsencrypt/live/{{ cert_item.domains | first }}/cert.pem register: letsencrypt_cert - name: Stop services to allow certbot to generate a cert. service: name: "{{ item }}" state: stopped when: not letsencrypt_cert.stat.exists with_items: "{{ certbot_create_standalone_stop_services }}" - name: Generate new certificate if one doesn't exist. shell: "{{ certbot_create_command }}" when: not letsencrypt_cert.stat.exists - name: Start services after cert has been generated. service: name: "{{ item }}" state: started when: not letsencrypt_cert.stat.exists with_items: "{{ certbot_create_standalone_stop_services }}"