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Reputation:

How to override file in ansible using template?

I have a template in the folder path ~/sample_ansible/roles/carbon/templates/carbon.xml.j2 and I have a file named carbon.xml in the folder path ~/ansible_istio/wso2_apim/wso2am-3.0.0/repository/conf/. I need to override carbon.xml file with the template. How to do this task?

My code

- name: Overwrite file
  copy:
    src: "~/sample_ansible/roles/carbon/templates/carbon.xml.j2"
    dest: ~/ansible_istio/wso2_apim/wso2am-3.0.0/repository/conf/

Upvotes: 0

Views: 8367

Answers (1)

Smily
Smily

Reputation: 2568

Did you try this?

- name: Overwrite file
  template:
    src: "~/sample_ansible/roles/carbon/templates/carbon.xml.j2"
    dest: ~/ansible_istio/wso2_apim/wso2am-3.0.0/repository/conf/carbon.xml

Tested:

# cat /tmp/carbon.xml
this is
the initial
contents

# cat /tmp/carbon.xml.j2
This is a new file with {{ansible_hostname}}

Playbook:
- name: Overwrite file
  template:
     src: /tmp/carbon.xml.j2
     dest: /tmp/carbon.xml

changed: [localhost] => { "changed": true, "checksum": "197ece93c57d1a8eaccc6cd9928ede641eef65", "dest": "/tmp/carbon.xml", "diff": [], "gid": 0, "group": "root", ...............

# cat /tmp/carbon.xml
This is a new file with lxxxxx12345

Upvotes: 2

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