How can I copy more than a single file into remote nodes by Ansible in a task?
I've tried to duplicate the copy module line in my task to define files but it only copies the first file.
Since Ansible 2.5 the with_*
constructs are deprecated, and loop
syntax should be used. A simple practical example:
- name: Copy CA files
copy:
src: '{{item}}'
dest: '/etc/pki/ca-trust/source/anchors'
owner: root
group: root
mode: 0644
loop:
- symantec-private.crt
- verisignclass3g2.crt
If you need more than one location, you need more than one task. One copy task can copy only from one location (including multiple files) to another one on the node.
- copy: src=/file1 dest=/destination/file1
- copy: src=/file2 dest=/destination/file2
# copy each file over that matches the given pattern
- copy: src={{ item }} dest=/destination/
with_fileglob:
- /files/*
- name: find inq.Linux*
find: paths="/appl/scripts/inq" recurse=yes patterns="inq.Linux*"
register: find_files
- name: set fact
set_fact:
all_files:
- "{{ find_files.files | map(attribute='path') | list }}"
when: find_files > 0
- name: copy files
copy:
src: "{{ item }}"
dest: /destination/
with_items: "{{ all_files }}"
when: find_files > 0
Use the following source code for copy multiple files on your client machine.
- name: Copy data to the client machine
hosts: hostname
become_method: sudo
become_user: root
become: true
tasks:
# Copy twice as sometimes files get skipped (mostly only one file skipped from a folder if the folder does not exist)
- name: Copy UFO-Server
copy:
src: "source files path"
dest: "destination file path"
owner: root
group: root
mode: 0644
backup: yes
ignore_errors: true
Note:
If you are passing multiple paths by using variable then
src: "/root/{{ item }}"
If you are passing path by using a variable for different items then
src: "/root/{{ item.source_path }}"
copy
module is a wrong tool for copying many files and/or directory structure, use synchronize
module instead which uses rsync
as backend. Mind you, it requires rsync
installed on both controller and target host. It's really powerful, check ansible documentation.
Example - copy files from build
directory (with subdirectories) of controller to /var/www/html
directory on target host:
synchronize:
src: ./my-static-web-page/build/
dest: /var/www/html
rsync_opts:
- "--chmod=D2755,F644" # copy from windows - force permissions