win_copy – Copies files to remote locations on windows hosts

Synopsis

The win_copy module copies a file on the local box to remote windows locations.
For non-Windows targets, use the copy module instead.

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
backup boolean added in 2.8	Choices: no ← yes	Determine whether a backup should be created. When set to `yes`, create a backup file including the timestamp information so you can get the original file back if you somehow clobbered it incorrectly. No backup is taken when `remote_src=False` and multiple files are being copied.
content string added in 2.3		When used instead of `src`, sets the contents of a file directly to the specified value. This is for simple values, for anything complex or with formatting please switch to the template module.
decrypt boolean added in 2.5	Choices: no yes ←	This option controls the autodecryption of source files using vault.
dest path / required		Remote absolute path where the file should be copied to. If `src` is a directory, this must be a directory too. Use \ for path separators or \\ when in "double quotes". If `dest` ends with \ then source or the contents of source will be copied to the directory without renaming. If `dest` is a nonexistent path, it will only be created if `dest` ends with "/" or "\", or `src` is a directory. If `src` and `dest` are files and if the parent directory of `dest` doesn't exist, then the task will fail.
force boolean added in 2.3	Choices: no yes ←	If set to `yes`, the file will only be transferred if the content is different than destination. If set to `no`, the file will only be transferred if the destination does not exist. If set to `no`, no checksuming of the content is performed which can help improve performance on larger files.
local_follow boolean added in 2.4	Choices: no yes ←	This flag indicates that filesystem links in the source tree, if they exist, should be followed.
remote_src boolean added in 2.3	Choices: no ← yes	If `no`, it will search for src at originating/master machine. If `yes`, it will go to the remote/target machine for the src.
src path / required		Local path to a file to copy to the remote server; can be absolute or relative. If path is a directory, it is copied (including the source folder name) recursively to `dest`. If path is a directory and ends with "/", only the inside contents of that directory are copied to the destination. Otherwise, if it does not end with "/", the directory itself with all contents is copied. If path is a file and dest ends with "\", the file is copied to the folder with the same filename.

Notes

Note

Currently win_copy does not support copying symbolic links from both local to remote and remote to remote.
It is recommended that backslashes \ are used instead of / when dealing with remote paths.
Because win_copy runs over WinRM, it is not a very efficient transfer mechanism. If sending large files consider hosting them on a web service and using win_get_url instead.

Examples

- name: Copy a single file
  win_copy:
    src: /srv/myfiles/foo.conf
    dest: C:\Temp\renamed-foo.conf

- name: Copy a single file, but keep a backup
  win_copy:
    src: /srv/myfiles/foo.conf
    dest: C:\Temp\renamed-foo.conf
    backup: yes

- name: Copy a single file keeping the filename
  win_copy:
    src: /src/myfiles/foo.conf
    dest: C:\Temp\

- name: Copy folder to C:\Temp (results in C:\Temp\temp_files)
  win_copy:
    src: files/temp_files
    dest: C:\Temp

- name: Copy folder contents recursively
  win_copy:
    src: files/temp_files/
    dest: C:\Temp

- name: Copy a single file where the source is on the remote host
  win_copy:
    src: C:\Temp\foo.txt
    dest: C:\ansible\foo.txt
    remote_src: yes

- name: Copy a folder recursively where the source is on the remote host
  win_copy:
    src: C:\Temp
    dest: C:\ansible
    remote_src: yes

- name: Set the contents of a file
  win_copy:
    content: abc123
    dest: C:\Temp\foo.txt

- name: Copy a single file as another user
  win_copy:
    src: NuGet.config
    dest: '%AppData%\NuGet\NuGet.config'
  vars:
    ansible_become_user: user
    ansible_become_password: pass
    # The tmp dir must be set when using win_copy as another user
    # This ensures the become user will have permissions for the operation
    ansible_remote_tmp: '%temp%'

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key	Returned	Description
backup_file string	if backup=yes	Name of the backup file that was created. Sample: C:\Path\To\File.txt.11540.20150212-220915.bak
checksum string	success, src is a file	SHA1 checksum of the file after running copy. Sample: 6e642bb8dd5c2e027bf21dd923337cbb4214f827
dest string	changed	Destination file/path. Sample: C:\Temp\
operation string	success	Whether a single file copy took place or a folder copy. Sample: file_copy
original_basename string	changed, src is a file	Basename of the copied file. Sample: foo.txt
size integer	changed, src is a file	Size of the target, after execution. Sample: 1220
src string	changed	Source file used for the copy on the target machine. Sample: /home/httpd/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1423796390.97-147729857856000/source

Status

This module is guaranteed to have no backward incompatible interface changes going forward. [stableinterface]
This module is maintained by the Ansible Core Team. [core]

Red Hat Support

More information about Red Hat’s support of this module is available from this Red Hat Knowledge Base article.

Authors

Jon Hawkesworth (@jhawkesworth)
Jordan Borean (@jborean93)

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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.8/modules/win_copy_module.html

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