Copy multiple files to different locations on remote server

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Hi,

I am trying to copy multiple files to different locations using with_items. Could someone please help me with this

vars: main.yml

wars:
file1.war
file2.war
file3.war
file4.war

dest_path:
/tmp/{wars}

tasks- main.yml

2

Try like this:

cat site.yml

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do you want to copy multiple target like this?

cat site.yml

4

Thank you Mohan that worked for me

5

How to replace the existing file on remote server …should we use any specific module for that? I tried using force=yes but it didn’t work for me.

6

What is happening when you try to use force: yes?

7

Okay got it. Is there any specific module that we can use to replace a complete file in remote server?

Thank you for your help.

Thanks,
Anusha

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copy module with force yes automatically replace it. Otherwise you may need to delete it before copy task.

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No change Mohan
It is not replacing the file

10

Try with command or shell module with cp -f.

11

This is not the same:

   * copy module copies from the controller (where you run the
     ansible-playbook command) to the client
   * cp -f copies a file locally from client to itself

frank

12

Then your remote file is most probably identical to the one you are trying to copy :wink:

Did you check that your local file (src) is for sure different from the remote one (dest)? Run `ansible-playbook` with '-vvv' to see, which local files ansible selects (this can be confusing when you are using roles) and compare with remote file.

frank

13

Oh! yeah. I missed that part.

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I am trying with below playbook and getting errors

15

Could someone please help me in writing shell commands