delegate_to, templates and roles. Files are not being created in /tmp

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I have an Ansible role (resides in …/roles/rolename/tasks) which goes like this -

`

  • name: Creating the PowerShell Scripts necessary
    template: src=script.ps1 dest=/tmp/{{item}}.ps1
    with_items: “{{ names }}”
    delegate_to: localhost
    `

The script.ps1 shown under src resides in …/roles/rolename/templates/. After running the playbook if I check the Ansible Controller VMs /tmp folder, I don’t see the files that are supposed to be created. The names are machine1, machine2 etc. I have tried changing localhost to 127.0.0.1 but that didn’t help me.

The debug log reports success -

changed: [machine1 -> localhost] => (item=machine1) => {"changed": true, ......"dest": "/tmp/machine1.ps1"....} changed: [machine2 -> localhost] => (item=machine1) => {"changed": true, ......"dest": "/tmp/machine2.ps1"....}

Actually, the next step in my role is expected to copy the files generated in /tmp/ to a specified location in machine1, machine2 etc.

What is wrong in my way of doing things?

2

Nothing, the code is correct.
Are you sure the files is not in /tmp on the control machine.

3

I am sure that the files aren’t being created since there’s hardly anything inside my /tmp and these files are not present either.

4

I could figure out the solution. It turned out that the files, even though they were being created inside /tmp/ (I couldn’t verify this, though) were being deleted instantly for whatever reason. Once I changed the destination to /var/tmp, I could see the files and even use them.