UID and GID need user to exist first

playbooks/tasks/services/c-deploy/01-service-deploy.yml

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 - block:
     - import_tasks: ../vars.yml
+    - import_tasks: ../vars-user.yml
     - import_tasks: service-deploy/service.yml
   tags: "{{ service_name }}"

playbooks/tasks/services/vars-user.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+- name: Get user info
+  getent:
+    database: passwd
+    key: "{{ service_user_name }}"
+
+- name: Set service variables
+  set_fact:
+    service_user_uid: "{{ ansible_facts.getent_passwd[service_user_name].1 }}"
+    service_user_gid: "{{ ansible_facts.getent_passwd[service_user_name].2 }}"
+
+- name: Print service variables
+  debug:
+    msg:
+      - "service_user_uid: {{ service_user_uid }}"
+      - "service_user_gid: {{ service_user_gid }}"

playbooks/tasks/services/vars.yml

@@ -10,22 +10,10 @@
   set_fact:
     local_service_home: "./filesystem/{{ ansible_hostname }}/{{ service_home }}"
 
-- name: Get user info
-  getent:
-    database: passwd
-    key: "{{ service_user_name }}"
-
-- name: Set service variables
-  set_fact:
-    service_user_uid: "{{ ansible_facts.getent_passwd[service_user_name].1 }}"
-    service_user_gid: "{{ ansible_facts.getent_passwd[service_user_name].2 }}"
-
 - name: Print service variables
   debug:
     msg:
       - "service_name: {{ service_name }}"
       - "service_user_name: {{ service_user_name }}"
-      - "service_user_uid: {{ service_user_uid }}"
-      - "service_user_gid: {{ service_user_gid }}"
       - "service_home: {{ service_home }}"
       - "local_service_home: {{ local_service_home }}"