# Module copy, remote\_src "no" not work

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/module-copy-remote-src-no-not-work/37064>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [September 2, 2022, 9:38pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/module-copy-remote-src-no-not-work/37064 "2022-09-02T21:38:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Emanuel\_Gonzalez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@Emanuel\_Gonzalez](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Emanuel_Gonzalez)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2022, 9:38pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/module-copy-remote-src-no-not-work/37064/1 "2022-09-02T21:38:11Z")

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Hi, i try copy files locally but not work.  
This is my playbook:

- name: “Generando archivos de configuracion mq2mq y supervisor”  
copy:

src: ‘{{ item.src }}’

dest: ‘{{ item.dest }}’

remote\_src: no

with\_items:

- { src: ‘{{ skel\_mq2mq\_path }}/settings-prosrm-XX-prod.py’, dest: ‘{{ skel\_mq2mq\_path }}/settings-prosrm-{{ carrier }}-prod.py’ }

- { src: ‘{{ skel\_mq2mq\_path }}/settings-prosrm-XX-2res-prod.py’, dest: ‘{{ skel\_mq2mq\_path }}/settings-prosrm-{{ carrier }}-2res-prod.py’ }

- { src: ‘{{ skel\_supervisor\_path }}/mq2mq-prosrm-XX-prod.conf’, dest: ‘{{ skel\_supervisor\_path }}/mq2mq-prosrm-{{ carrier }}-prod.conf’ }

- { src: ‘{{ skel\_supervisor\_path }}/mq2mq-prosrm-XX-2res-prod.conf’, dest: '{{ skel\_supervisor\_path }}/mq2mq-prosrm-{{ carrier }}-[2res-prod.co](http://2res-prod.co)

nf’ }

group\_vars/all.yaml  
skel\_mq2mq\_path: ‘/etc/ansible/rms\_sftp/template\_prod/mq2mq\_skel’  
skel\_supervisor\_path: ‘/etc/ansible/rms\_sftp/template\_prod/supervisor\_skel’

The directory exits:

/etc/ansible/rms\_sftp/template\_prod/supervisor\_skel  
total 8  
-rw-rw-r-- 1 emanuel emanuel 335 sep 2 16:44 mq2mq-prosrm-XX-2res-prod.conf  
-rw-rw-r-- 1 emanuel emanuel 316 sep 2 16:45 mq2mq-prosrm-XX-prod.conf

I see this error:

“item”: {  
“dest”: “/etc/ansible/rms\_sftp/template\_prod/mq2mq\_skel/settings-prosrm-XY-2res-prod.py”,  
“src”: “/etc/ansible/rms\_sftp/template\_prod/mq2mq\_skel/settings-prosrm-XX-2res-prod.py”  
},  
“msg”: “Destination directory /etc/ansible/rms\_sftp/template\_prod/mq2mq\_skel does not exist”  
}

what i’m doing wrong?

Regards,

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**Author:** ![Wei-Yen\_Tan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/wei-yen_tan/32/4111_2.png) [@Wei-Yen\_Tan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Wei-Yen_Tan)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2022, 9:40pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/module-copy-remote-src-no-not-work/37064/2 "2022-09-02T21:40:38Z")

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Yoy don’t have that directory on the destination node. Create that directory with the file module and it will work