This role only works with Ansible 2.6+

tasks/htpasswd.yml

@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
   htpasswd:
     name: "{{ item.1.name }}"
     password: "{{ item.1.password }}"
-    state: "{{ item.1.state | default('present') }}"
     path: "{{ nginx_htpasswd_dir }}/{{ item.0.name }}"
   loop: "{{ nginx_htpasswd | subelements('users') }}"
   when: item.0.state is not defined or item.0.state == 'present'