- name: Check if witness INI file exists
  stat:
    path: /etc/vn.ini
  register: witness_file
- name: Set witness related variables
  set_fact:
    vn_first_time: "{{ not witness_file.stat.exists }}"
    vn_witness_checked: true
- when: not vn_first_time
  block:
  - name: Slurp witness INI file
    slurp:
      src: /etc/vn.ini
    register: vn_ini_file
  - name: Put witness as dictionary into variable
    set_fact:
      vn_ini: "{{ vn_ini_file.content | b64decode | community.general.from_ini }}"