Copy files to remote hosts — Ansible module copy

How to copy report.txt file to remote hosts using Ansible module copy.

How to Copy files to remote hosts?

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I’m Luca Berton and welcome to today’s episode of Ansible Pilot

Ansible copy files to remote hosts

Today we’re talking about Ansible module copy.

The full name is “ansible.builtin.copy” which means is part of the collection of modules “builtin” with ansible and shipped with it.

This module is pretty stable and out for years.

The purpose is to copy files to remote locations.

Please note that the opposite is done by module fetch.

Parameters

• dest path