Creating a Text File
Explore how to use the Ansible copy module to create simple text files on remote Linux nodes. Learn the required and optional parameters to define file content, permissions, and ownership. Understand when to use the template module for complex configurations. Gain practical experience by writing and executing an Ansible playbook to automate text file creation.
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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 ...