Copy multiple files with Ansible

Question

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

User · Answer

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 }}"

User · Answer

You can use with together for this purpose   - name  Copy multiple files to multiple directories   copy  src    item 0    dest    item 1      with together      -    file1    file2    file3        -     dir1      dir2      dir3

User · Answer

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

User · Answer

- name  Your copy task   copy  src    item src    dest    item dest      with items      -   src   containerizers   dest    etc mesos containerizers        -   src   another file   dest    etc somewhere        -   src   dynamic   dest      var path           more files here

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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

User · Answer

- hosts  lnx   tasks      - find  paths   appl scripts inq  recurse yes patterns  inq Linux         register  file to copy     - copy  src    item path    dest  usr local sbin        owner  root       mode  0775       with items      files to copy files

User · Answer

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

User · Answer

You can use the with fileglob loop for this   - copy      src      item         dest   etc fooapp      owner  root     mode  600   with fileglob      -  playbooks files fooapp

User · Answer

Or you can use with items   - copy      src      item         dest   etc fooapp      owner  root     mode  600   with items      - dest dir

User · Answer

- 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  gt  0   - name  copy files   copy      src      item         dest   destination    with items      all files       when  find files  gt  0

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You can loop through variable with list of directories   - name  Copy files from several directories   copy      src      item         dest    etc fooapp       owner  root     mode   0600    loop      files       vars      files        -  dir1         -  dir2

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