Create the link before changing the config permissions.

tasks/main.yml

@@ -48,6 +48,12 @@
         mode: 'u+rX,g+rX,o+rX'
       when: opensearch_download is changed
 
+    - name: Create a link to the correct place
+      file:
+        src: '/opt/{{ opensearch_versioned }}'
+        dest: '{{ opensearch_base_install_dir }}'
+        state: link
+
     - name: Opensearch want to write inside the config directory
       file:
         dest: '{{ opensearch_config_dir }}'
@@ -56,11 +62,6 @@
         group: '{{ opensearch_user }}'
         mode: 0755
 
-    - name: Create a link to the correct place
-      file:
-        src: '/opt/{{ opensearch_versioned }}'
-        dest: '{{ opensearch_base_install_dir }}'
-        state: link
 
   tags: ['opensearch']