how do i copy files and sub folders recursively from one location to another location on remote machine by using ansible

Question

[web]
server1
server2
main.yaml
- hosts: web
tasks:
- name: copy files on remote machine
  synchronize:
   src: /home/anil/anilfolder/
dest: /home/anil/anilbackup/
delegate_to:  "{{ inventory_hostname }}"

i wrote like above. but sometime i got synchronizes error. is any other alternative way to copy files and folders from one location to another location on remote machine.please give the solution as soon as possible

Comments

You're trying to copy a folder from one location to another right? You can achieve the same without using synchronize.

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please give  one example if it has another solution

Answer 1

Try this:

- hosts: web
  tasks:
  - name: Ansible copy files from a directory to remote server
    copy:
      src:/home/anil/anilfolder/
      dest:/home/anil/anilbackup/

Comments

by using above playbook,copy the files from source server to destination server.

but my requirement is copy files from one folder to another folder on remote server.

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Hi,

Then you can add "remote_src=yes"(this will executive in remote node) to the below play

- hosts: web
  tasks:
  - name: Ansible copy files from a directory to remote server
    copy:
      src:/home/anil/anilfolder/
      dest:/home/anil/anilbackup/

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Thanks, @vivek. I'll try this out.