About
The template module is an Action Plugin module.
Process
It
- constructs a file in a temporary location on the controller using variables from the playbook environment or from the user
- transfers the temporary file to a temporary file on the remote system
- invokes the copy module which operates on the remote system to move the file into its final location, sets file permissions, and so on.
Example
Template action
- name: " User - Create the conf variable file"
become: yes
become_user: '{{ user_login_user }}'
template:
src: './user/user/user_conf.sh'
dest: '/home/{{ user_login_user }}/{{ user_login_user }}_conf.sh'
owner: '{{ user_login_user }}'
group: '{{ user_login_user }}'
mode: 0770
when: "'dev' in group_names or 'tst' in group_names" # only for the dev/test environment
Template language
{% if not registry_enabled %}
enabled = no
{% elif registry_enabled %}
enabled = yes
{% endif %}