Ansible () file module

File module

In the previous ansible command line when there is a copy module, in the era of playbook naturally also have a module dedicated to file copy, of course, it is not only a copy of the file so simple.

From the official explanation:

The file module contains the creation, copying, movement, and deletion of files, folders, and Hyperlink classes.

Common parameters

Name of parameter	whether you must	Default Value	Options	Description
Follow	No	No	Yes/no	If the original file is link, the copy is still link
Force	No	No	Yes/no	Forced execution, didn't see?
Group	No			Set a group to have file permissions for copying to a remote node
Mode	No			Equivalent to chmod, parameter can be "u+rwx or u=rw,g=r,o=r"
Owner	No			Set the file permissions that a user has copied to the remote node
Path	Yes			The target path can also be replaced with Dest,name
Src	Yes			The original location of the file/folder to be copied.
State	No	File	File/link/directory/hard/touch/absent	File represents a copy of the document, the link represents the end of a soft link; directory represents a folder; hard links; Touch represents an empty file; Absent represents the deletion.

Case

# Modify all groups, people, and permissions for a file. - file: path=/etc/foo. conf owner=foo group=foo mode=0644 # Action Link case- file: src=/file/to/link/to dest=/path/to/symlink owner=foo Group=foo State=link #参数化案例- file: src=/tmp/{{Item.path}} dest={{item.dest}} state=linkWith_items:-{ path: ' x ', dest: ' y ' }-{ path: ' z ', dest: ' K ' }# Use Touch to create an empty file and define permissions- file: path=/etc/fooconf state=touch mode="U=rw,g=r,o=r" # Touch an empty file, and modify permissions- file: path=/etc/fooconf state=touch mode="u+rw,g-wx,o-rwx" 

How is it? Is it similar to copy?

Ansible () file module