# Template Module Source Not Found

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/template-module-source-not-found/33495>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [July 25, 2020, 11:51pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/template-module-source-not-found/33495 "2020-07-25T23:51:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Poseidon\_Olympian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e274bd/32.png) [@Poseidon\_Olympian](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Poseidon_Olympian)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2020, 11:51pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/template-module-source-not-found/33495/1 "2020-07-25T23:51:47Z")

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Hello,

Would appreciated of any help from my issue. Been trying to search around a solution but unsuccessful to resolved my issue.

I’m getting an error when running my playbook and here are the details.

**Error Message**

TASK [Copying the Common PROPS File] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*  
fatal: [ServerNODE1]: FAILED! =\> {“changed”: false, “msg”: “Source /home/testuser/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-51618XqSiUO/tmpZJx0Dp/copy\_appprops\_node.j2 not found”}

**Template File Location**  
/home/testuser/scripts/ansible/templates/copy\_appprops\_node.j2

**Playbook YML File (_running by different user_)**

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**Author:** ![Dick\_Visser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@Dick\_Visser](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dick_Visser)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2020, 5:02am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/template-module-source-not-found/33495/2 "2020-07-26T05:02:43Z")

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The template module does not support 'remote\_src'.  
You have to template the file on the controller node.

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**Author:** ![Poseidon\_Olympian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e274bd/32.png) [@Poseidon\_Olympian](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Poseidon_Olympian)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2020, 2:49pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/template-module-source-not-found/33495/3 "2020-07-26T14:49:05Z")

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Hello Dick V,  
Many thanks a lot it does work.

Cheers…