ansible / ansible.builtin / v2.7.18 / module / synchronize A wrapper around rsync to make common tasks in your playbooks quick and easy. | "added in version" 1.4 of ansible.builtin" Authors: Timothy Appnel (@tima) preview | supported by coreansible.builtin.synchronize (v2.7.18) — module
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Install with pip install ansible==2.7.18
C(synchronize) is a wrapper around rsync to make common tasks in your playbooks quick and easy. It is run and originates on the local host where Ansible is being run. Of course, you could just use the C(command) action to call rsync yourself, but you also have to add a fair number of boilerplate options and host facts. C(synchronize) is not intended to provide access to the full power of rsync, but does make the most common invocations easier to implement. You `still` may need to call rsync directly via C(command) or C(shell) depending on your use case.
- name: Synchronization of src on the control machine to dest on the remote hosts synchronize: src: some/relative/path dest: /some/absolute/path
- name: Synchronization using rsync protocol (push) synchronize: src: some/relative/path/ dest: rsync://somehost.com/path/
- name: Synchronization using rsync protocol (pull) synchronize: mode: pull src: rsync://somehost.com/path/ dest: /some/absolute/path/
- name: Synchronization using rsync protocol on delegate host (push) synchronize: src: /some/absolute/path/ dest: rsync://somehost.com/path/ delegate_to: delegate.host
- name: Synchronization using rsync protocol on delegate host (pull) synchronize: mode: pull src: rsync://somehost.com/path/ dest: /some/absolute/path/ delegate_to: delegate.host
- name: Synchronization without any --archive options enabled synchronize: src: some/relative/path dest: /some/absolute/path archive: no
- name: Synchronization with --archive options enabled except for --recursive synchronize: src: some/relative/path dest: /some/absolute/path recursive: no
- name: Synchronization with --archive options enabled except for --times, with --checksum option enabled synchronize: src: some/relative/path dest: /some/absolute/path checksum: yes times: no
- name: Synchronization without --archive options enabled except use --links synchronize: src: some/relative/path dest: /some/absolute/path archive: no links: yes
- name: Synchronization of two paths both on the control machine synchronize: src: some/relative/path dest: /some/absolute/path delegate_to: localhost
- name: Synchronization of src on the inventory host to the dest on the localhost in pull mode synchronize: mode: pull src: some/relative/path dest: /some/absolute/path
- name: Synchronization of src on delegate host to dest on the current inventory host. synchronize: src: /first/absolute/path dest: /second/absolute/path delegate_to: delegate.host
- name: Synchronize two directories on one remote host. synchronize: src: /first/absolute/path dest: /second/absolute/path delegate_to: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
- name: Synchronize and delete files in dest on the remote host that are not found in src of localhost. synchronize: src: some/relative/path dest: /some/absolute/path delete: yes recursive: yes
# This specific command is granted su privileges on the destination - name: Synchronize using an alternate rsync command synchronize: src: some/relative/path dest: /some/absolute/path rsync_path: "su -c rsync"
# Example .rsync-filter file in the source directory # - var # exclude any path whose last part is 'var' # - /var # exclude any path starting with 'var' starting at the source directory # + /var/conf # include /var/conf even though it was previously excluded - name: Synchronize passing in extra rsync options synchronize: src: /tmp/helloworld dest: /var/www/helloworld rsync_opts: - "--no-motd" - "--exclude=.git"
# Hardlink files if they didn't change - name: Use hardlinks when synchronizing filesystems synchronize: src: /tmp/path_a/foo.txt dest: /tmp/path_b/foo.txt link_dest: /tmp/path_a/
# Specify the rsync binary to use on remote host and on local host - hosts: groupofhosts vars: ansible_rsync_path: "/usr/gnu/bin/rsync" tasks: - name: copy /tmp/localpath/ to remote location /tmp/remotepath synchronize: src: "/tmp/localpath/" dest: "/tmp/remotepath" rsync_path: "/usr/gnu/bin/rsync"
src: description: - Path on the source host that will be synchronized to the destination; The path can be absolute or relative. required: true dest: description: - Path on the destination host that will be synchronized from the source; The path can be absolute or relative. required: true dirs: default: 'no' description: - Transfer directories without recursing type: bool mode: choices: - pull - push default: push description: - Specify the direction of the synchronization. In push mode the localhost or delegate is the source; In pull mode the remote host in context is the source. group: default: the value of the archive option description: - Preserve group type: bool links: default: the value of the archive option description: - Copy symlinks as symlinks. type: bool owner: default: the value of the archive option description: - Preserve owner (super user only) type: bool perms: default: the value of the archive option description: - Preserve permissions. type: bool times: default: the value of the archive option description: - Preserve modification times type: bool delete: default: 'no' description: - Delete files in C(dest) that don't exist (after transfer, not before) in the C(src) path. This option requires C(recursive=yes). type: bool archive: default: 'yes' description: - Mirrors the rsync archive flag, enables recursive, links, perms, times, owner, group flags and -D. type: bool partial: default: 'no' description: - Tells rsync to keep the partial file which should make a subsequent transfer of the rest of the file much faster. type: bool version_added: '2.0' version_added_collection: ansible.builtin checksum: default: 'no' description: - Skip based on checksum, rather than mod-time & size; Note that that "archive" option is still enabled by default - the "checksum" option will not disable it. type: bool version_added: '1.6' version_added_collection: ansible.builtin compress: default: 'yes' description: - Compress file data during the transfer. In most cases, leave this enabled unless it causes problems. type: bool version_added: '1.7' version_added_collection: ansible.builtin dest_port: default: Value of ansible_ssh_port for this host, remote_port config setting, or the value from ssh client configuration if none of those are set description: - Port number for ssh on the destination host. Prior to ansible 2.0, the ansible_ssh_port inventory var took precedence over this value. version_added: '1.5' version_added_collection: ansible.builtin link_dest: default: null description: - add a destination to hard link against during the rsync. version_added: '2.5' version_added_collection: ansible.builtin recursive: default: the value of the archive option description: - Recurse into directories. type: bool copy_links: default: 'no' description: - Copy symlinks as the item that they point to (the referent) is copied, rather than the symlink. type: bool rsync_opts: default: null description: - Specify additional rsync options by passing in an array. version_added: '1.6' version_added_collection: ansible.builtin rsync_path: description: - Specify the rsync command to run on the remote host. See C(--rsync-path) on the rsync man page. - To specify the rsync command to run on the local host, you need to set this your task var C(ansible_rsync_path). private_key: description: - Specify the private key to use for SSH-based rsync connections (e.g. C(~/.ssh/id_rsa)) version_added: '1.6' version_added_collection: ansible.builtin verify_host: default: 'no' description: - Verify destination host key. type: bool version_added: '2.0' version_added_collection: ansible.builtin use_ssh_args: default: 'no' description: - Use the ssh_args specified in ansible.cfg type: bool version_added: '2.0' version_added_collection: ansible.builtin existing_only: default: 'no' description: - Skip creating new files on receiver. type: bool version_added: '1.5' version_added_collection: ansible.builtin rsync_timeout: default: 0 description: - Specify a C(--timeout) for the rsync command in seconds. set_remote_user: default: true description: - put user@ for the remote paths. If you have a custom ssh config to define the remote user for a host that does not match the inventory user, you should set this parameter to "no".