# synchronize between two remote servers: you can pull but you cannot push?

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/synchronize-between-two-remote-servers-you-can-pull-but-you-cannot-push/21330>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [May 2, 2016, 2:29pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/synchronize-between-two-remote-servers-you-can-pull-but-you-cannot-push/21330 "2016-05-02T14:29:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Joe\_Louthan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a698b9/32.png) [@Joe\_Louthan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Joe_Louthan)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 2:29pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/synchronize-between-two-remote-servers-you-can-pull-but-you-cannot-push/21330/1 "2016-05-02T14:29:22Z")

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So pulling in synchronize between two remote servers works like a champ:

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**Author:** ![Johannes\_Kastl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Johannes\_Kastl](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Johannes_Kastl)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2016, 4:24am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/synchronize-between-two-remote-servers-you-can-pull-but-you-cannot-push/21330/2 "2016-05-03T04:24:43Z")

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I would call rsync via shell/command rather than use the synchronize  
module.

Johannes

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**Author:** ![Joe\_Louthan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a698b9/32.png) [@Joe\_Louthan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Joe_Louthan)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2016, 1:41pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/synchronize-between-two-remote-servers-you-can-pull-but-you-cannot-push/21330/3 "2016-05-03T13:41:15Z")

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Good enough. Thank you.