---
- name: Whitelist IP address
  hosts: all
  become: yes
  become_user: root
  gather_facts: no

  tasks:
    - name: Whitelist IP address in jailconf file
      lineinfile:
        path: /etc/fail2ban/jail.local
        regexp: 'ignoreip(\s*)=(\s)\d.*'
        line: 'ignoreip = 127.0.0.1/8 {{ ip_address }}'
        state: present

    - name: Restart fail2ban
      service:
        name: fail2ban
        state: restarted