Creating a Text File

Learn how to create a text file in Ansible.

Creating configuration files is a day-to-day task of every system administrator. It can be a service configuration file, enabling options, or Unix parameters. All of these use cases require creating a text file.

Ansible copy module

The ansible.builtin.copy module is included in the collection of builtin modules that come shipped with Ansible. It serves the common purpose of copying files to remote locations. The copy operation is executed from the Ansible controller to the target node.

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