How to copy files between two nodes using ansible

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I need to copy file form machine A to machine B whereas my control machine from where i run all my ansible tasks is machine C local machine   I have tried the following   Use scp command in shell module of ansible  hosts  machine2 user  user2 tasks    - name  Copy file from machine1 to machine2      shell  scp user1 machine1  path-of-file file1  home user2 file1   This approach just goes on and on never ends   use fetch  amp  copy modules  hosts  machine1 user  user1 tasks    - name  copy file from machine1 to local     fetch  src  path-of-file file1 dest  path-of-file file1  hosts  machine2 user  user2 tasks    - name  copy file from local to machine2     copy  src  path-of-file file1 dest  path-of-file file1   This approach throws me an error as follows   error while accessing the file  Users  lt myusername gt   ansible cp ansible-ssh-machine2-22- lt myusername gt   error was   Errno 102  Operation not supported on socket  u  Users  lt myusername gt   ansible cp ansible-ssh-machine2-22- lt myusername gt     Any suggestions would be helpful

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To copy remote-to-remote files you can use the synchronize module with 'delegate_to: source-server' keyword:

- hosts: serverB
  tasks:    
   - name: Copy Remote-To-Remote (from serverA to serverB)
     synchronize: src=/copy/from_serverA dest=/copy/to_serverB
     delegate_to: serverA

This playbook can run from your machineC.

User · Answer

In 2021 you should install wrapper  ansible-galaxy collection install ansible posix  And use - name  Synchronize two directories on one remote host    ansible posix synchronize      src   first absolute path     dest   second absolute path   delegate to   quot    inventory hostname    quot   Read more   https   docs ansible com ansible latest collections ansible posix synchronize module html  Checked on  ansible --version                           ansible 2 10 5   config file    etc ansible ansible cfg   configured module search path      home daniel  ansible plugins modules     usr share ansible plugins modules     ansible python module location    usr lib python3 9 site-packages ansible   executable location    sbin ansible   python version   3 9 1  default  Dec 13 2020  11 55 53   GCC 10 2 0

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If you want to do rsync and use custom user and custom ssh key  you need to write this key in rsync options   ---  - name  rsync    hosts  serverA serverB serverC serverD serverE serverF    gather facts  no    vars       ansible user  oracle      ansible ssh private key file    mykey      src file    path to file txt     tasks       - name  Copy Remote-To-Remote from serverA to server B  F         synchronize             src       src file                dest      src file                rsync opts                -  -e ssh -i  remote path to mykey         delegate to  serverA

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A simple way to used copy module to transfer the file from one server to another  Here is playbook  --- - hosts  machine1  from here file will be transferred to another remote machine    tasks    - name  transfer data from machine1 to machine2      copy       src  path of machine1       dest  path of machine2      delegate to  machine2  file data receiver machine

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I was able to solve this using local action to scp to file from machineA to machineC and then copying the file to machineB

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As ant31 already pointed out you can use the synchronize module to this  By default  the module transfers files between the control machine and the current remote host  inventory host   however that can be changed using the task s delegate to parameter  it s important to note that this is a parameter of the task  not of the module    You can place the task on either ServerA or ServerB  but you have to adjust the direction of the transfer accordingly  using the mode parameter of synchronize    Placing the task on ServerB  - hosts  ServerB   tasks      - name  Transfer file from ServerA to ServerB       synchronize          src   path on server a         dest   path on server b       delegate to  ServerA   This uses the default mode  push  so the file gets transferred from the delegate  ServerA  to the current remote  ServerB    This might sound like strange  since the task has been placed on ServerB  via hosts  ServerB   However  one has to keep in mind that the task is actually executed on the delegated host  which in this case is ServerA  So pushing  from ServerA to ServerB  is indeed the correct direction  Also remember that we cannot simply choose not to delegate at all  since that would mean that the transfer happens between the control machine and ServerB   Placing the task on ServerA  - hosts  ServerA   tasks      - name  Transfer file from ServerA to ServerB       synchronize          src   path on server a         dest   path on server b         mode  pull       delegate to  ServerB   This uses mode  pull to invert the transfer direction  Again  keep in mind that the task is actually executed on ServerB  so pulling is the right choice

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If you need to sync files between two remote nodes via ansible you can use this   - name  synchronize between nodes   environment      RSYNC PASSWORD      input user password if needed       synchronize      src  rsync   user remote server  module      dest   destination directory         if needed     rsync opts         -  --include what needed         -  --exclude            mode  pull     delegate to      inventory hostname       when on remote server you need to startup rsync with daemon mode  Simple example   pid file    var run rsyncd pid lock file    var run rsync lock log file    var log rsync log port   port   module  path    path to needed directory  uid   nobody gid   nobody read only   yes list   yes auth users   user secrets file    path to secret file

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You can use deletgate with scp too   - name  Copy file to another server   become  true   shell   scp -o StrictHostKeyChecking no -o UserKnownHostsFile  dev null admin    inventory hostname     tmp file yml  tmp file yml    delegate to  other example com   Because of delegate the command is run on the other server and it scp s the file to itself

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