How to copy certain files in different servers (different location )to another remote server using ansible.

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hello Experts,

How to copy certain files in different servers (different location )to another remote server using ansible.

for example i have 5 application servers (A1,A2, A3, A4, A5), from theser servers i need to copy 2 files (file1.xml and file2.jks)

location of file1.xml for all 5 application servers are (/opt/IBM/myapp/plugins/file1.xml)
location of file2.jks for all 5 application servers are (/opt/IBM/myapp/security/file2.crt)

now i want to copy these 2 different files from all 5 application servers to my IHS servers 2 different location.

example: file1.xml of all 5 should got to IHS server’s /opt/plugin folder
and file2.crt should go to IHS servers /opt/security directory.

I tried with some possible ways of playbook using delegate option but not getting succeded here.

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I think you can use fetch option which is available in Ansible.

3

Hi,

Edit your hosts file like this
/etc/Ansible/hosts
[servers]
A1
A2
A3
A4
A5
then:

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Hello Velumani,

I tried by your suggestion, but getting below error. but ssh is enabled to all target servers from controller machine but here its getting failed… not sure the exact reason.

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[root@vwjts good]# ansible-playbook copycerts3.yml

PLAY [copy the certificates to the IHS server] **************************************************************************************************************

TASK [Gathering Facts] **************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [10.170.3.12]

TASK [Transfer file from JTS to IHS] ************************************************************************************************************************
fatal: [10.170.3.12]: UNREACHABLE! => {“changed”: false, “msg”: “Failed to connect to the host via ssh: ssh: Could not resolve hostname ihs: Name or service not known\r\n”, “unreachable”: true}
to retry, use: --limit @/etc/ansible/roles/IBM2/tasks/good/copycerts3.retry

PLAY RECAP **************************************************************************************************************************************************
10.170.3.12 : ok=1 changed=0 unreachable=1 failed=0

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Since, you are using delegate_to: so, you should check SSH connection or DNS resolution from IHS server to all 5 different application servers to make sure you can connect to all app servers.