For some weird reasons I'm having troubles with a simple task which is copying a content of the folder myfiles (few files in there) to the dist/myfiles location. Task looks like this:
name: Deploy config files like there is no tomorrow
copy:
src: "{{ item }}"
dest: "/home/{{ ansible_user_id }}/dist/{{ item }}"
with_items:
- 'config'
- 'myfiles/'
myfiles folder exist under the dist and config file is copied to the dist folder.
Is this possible in Ansible or I should copy each file separately? Am I doing it completely wrong?
Your task copies both: the config file and the myfiles on Debian and CentOS targets properly.
If for some reason you have a problem, you might have a look at Looping over Fileglobs.
You need to split the task into two, with the second one looking like:
- name: Deploy multiple config files
copy:
src: "{{ item }}"
dest: "/home/{{ ansible_user_id }}/dist/myfiles/{{ item | basename }}"
with_fileglob:
- /path/to/myfiles/*
For a recursive copy, check this question on SeverFault
Alternatively, you could use the synchronize module, but pay special attention when using become. See this question on SuperUser.
