Use 'creates' and specify postgresql_version per environment

group_vars/dbservers/vars.yml

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 # vim: ft=yaml.ansible
 # code: language=ansible
 ---
-postgresql_version: 14
 postgresql_pgdata: "{{ encrypted_fs }}/pgsql/{{ postgresql_version }}/data"

group_vars/production/vars.yml

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # vim: ft=yaml.ansible
 # code: language=ansible
 ---
+postgresql_version: 14
+
 db_passwords:
   nextcloud: "{{ vault_db_passwords.nextcloud }}"

group_vars/staging/vars.yml

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # vim: ft=yaml.ansible
 # code: language=ansible
 ---
+postgresql_version: 14
+
 db_passwords:
   nextcloud: "{{ vault_db_passwords.nextcloud }}"

roles/postgresql/defaults/main.yml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # vim: ft=yaml.ansible
 # code: language=ansible
 ---
-postgresql_version: 14
+postgresql_version: 16
 postgresql_pgdata_default: /var/lib/pgsql/{{ postgresql_version }}/data
 postgresql_pgdata: "{{ postgresql_pgdata_default }}"
 postgresql_service: postgresql-{{ postgresql_version }}

roles/postgresql/tasks/main.yml

@@ -42,16 +42,10 @@
 - name: Flush handlers
   ansible.builtin.meta: flush_handlers
 
-- name: Check if pgdata directory is initialized
-  ansible.builtin.stat:
-    path: "{{ postgresql_pgdata }}/base"
-  register: pgdata_stat
-  failed_when: false
-
 - name: Initialize database
   ansible.builtin.command:
     cmd: /usr/pgsql-{{ postgresql_version }}/bin/postgresql-{{ postgresql_version }}-setup initdb
-  when: pgdata_stat.stat.isdir is not defined or not pgdata_stat.stat.isdir
+    creates: "{{ postgresql_pgdata }}/base"
 
 - name: Ensure PostgreSQL is enabled and running
   ansible.builtin.service: