How to create folder in $USER $HOME using Ansible - ansible

Question

I'm new to Ansible trying to become $USER then create .ssh folder inside $HOME directory and I'm getting Permission denied:
---
- hosts: amazon
gather_facts: False
vars:
ansible_python_interpreter: "/usr/bin/env python3"
account: 'jenkins'
home: "{{out.stdout}}"
tasks:
- name: Create .SSH directory
become: true
become_method: sudo
become_user: "{{account}}"
shell: "echo $HOME"
register: out
- file:
path: "{{home}}/.ssh"
state: directory
My output is:
MacBook-Pro-60:playbooks stefanov$ ansible-playbook variable.yml -v
Using /Users/stefanov/.ansible/ansible.cfg as config file
PLAY [amazon] *************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
TASK [Create .SSH directory] **********************************************************************************************************************************************************************
changed: [slave] => {"changed": true, "cmd": "echo $HOME", "delta": "0:00:00.001438", "end": "2017-08-21 10:23:34.882835", "rc": 0, "start": "2017-08-21 10:23:34.881397", "stderr": "", "stderr_lines": [], "stdout": "/home/jenkins", "stdout_lines": ["/home/jenkins"]}
TASK [file] ***************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
fatal: [slave]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "failed": true, "msg": "There was an issue creating /home/jenkins/.ssh as requested: [Errno 13] Permission denied: b'/home/jenkins/.ssh'", "path": "/home/jenkins/.ssh", "state": "absent"}
to retry, use: --limit #/Users/stefanov/playbooks/variable.retry
PLAY RECAP ****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
slave : ok=1 changed=1 unreachable=0 failed=1
I'm guessing - name and - file are dicts and considered different tasks.
And what was executed in - name is no longer valid in - file?
Because I switched to Jenkins user in - name and in - file I'm likely with the account I do SSH.
Then how can I concatenate both tasks in one?
What is the right way to do this?
Another thing how can I do sudo with file module? I can't see such option:
http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/file_module.html
Or should I just do shell: mkdir -pv $HOME/.ssh instead of using file module?

Answer 1

Then how can I concatenate both tasks in one?
You cannot do it, but you can just add become to the second task, which will make it run with the same permissions as the first one:
- file:
path: "{{home}}/.ssh"
state: directory
become: true
become_method: sudo
become_user: "{{account}}"
Another thing how can i do sudo with file module can't see such option
Because become (and other) is not a parameter of a module, but a general declaration for any task (and play).
I'm guessing -name and -file are dicts and considered different tasks.
The first task is shell, not name. You can add name to any task (just like become).