--- - name: Check if service is present stat: path: "{{ service_dir | mandatory }}" register: dir - name: Stop Service community.docker.docker_compose: project_src: "{{ service_dir | mandatory }}" state: absent remove_orphans: true when: dir.stat.exists == True - name: Remove Service file: state: absent path: "{{ service_dir | mandatory }}" when: dir.stat.exists == True