repo_meta_info.yml

---
- name: Create temporary file for storing json
  ansible.builtin.tempfile:
    state: file
    suffix: .json
  register: tmp_json_file

- name: Add meta information for repository to temporary json file
  ansible.builtin.copy:
    content: "{{ cvmfs_repo_meta | combine(this_cvmfs_repo_meta) | to_nice_json(indent=2, sort_keys=false) }}"
    dest: "{{ tmp_json_file.path }}"
    mode: 0644

- name: Calculate the checksum of the json file
  ansible.builtin.stat:
    path: "{{ tmp_json_file.path }}"
  register: json_file_stat

- name: Get the current meta information of this repository from the server
  ansible.builtin.command:
    cmd: "cvmfs_swissknife info -M -r http://localhost:{{ cvmfs_stratum0_http_ports[0] | default('80') }}/cvmfs/{{ this_cvmfs_repo.repository }}"
  changed_when: false
  register: current_repo_meta

- name: Update the repository's meta information
  ansible.builtin.command:
    cmd: "cvmfs_server update-repoinfo -f {{ tmp_json_file.path }} {{ this_cvmfs_repo.repository }}"
  when: (current_repo_meta.stdout | checksum) != json_file_stat.stat.checksum
  become: true
  become_user: "{{ cvmfs_repo_owner | default('root') }}"

- name: Remove temporary json file
  ansible.builtin.file:
    path: "{{ tmp_json_file.path }}"
    state: absent
...