From 49b28ddabf97625c7e2264a2bb9804bb7a4ed109 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kevin Velarde <kevin.velarde@itential.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2026 18:03:35 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Don't create the Gateway Ansible config file if it has been
 modified manually Backup the Gateway properties file

---
 roles/gateway/tasks/main.yml | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/roles/gateway/tasks/main.yml b/roles/gateway/tasks/main.yml
index 044102ab..9a7edc41 100644
--- a/roles/gateway/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/gateway/tasks/main.yml
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@
             dest: /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg
             mode: "0644"
             backup: true
+            force: false
 
         - name: Create empty ansible inventory files
           ansible.builtin.file:
@@ -273,6 +274,7 @@
             owner: "{{ gateway_user }}"
             group: "{{ gateway_group }}"
             mode: "0600"
+            backup: true
 
     - name: Create Nornir files
       when: gateway_enable_nornir | bool