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# this is a virtual module that is entirely implemented server side
DOCUMENTATION = '''
---
module: template
short_description: Templates a file out to a remote server.
description:
- Templates are processed by the Jinja2 templating language
(U(http://jinja.pocoo.org/docs/)) - documentation on the template
formatting can be found in the Template Designer Documentation
(U(http://jinja.pocoo.org/docs/templates/)).
- "Six additional variables can be used in templates: C(ansible_managed)
(configurable via the C(defaults) section of C(ansible.cfg)) contains a string
which can be used to describe the template name, host, modification time of the
template file and the owner uid, C(template_host) contains the node name of
the template's machine, C(template_uid) the owner, C(template_path) the
relative path of the template, C(template_fullpath) is the absolute path of the
template, and C(template_run_date) is the date that the template was rendered."
options:
src:
description:
- Path of a Jinja2 formatted template on the local server. This can be a relative or absolute path.
required: true
default: null
aliases: []
dest:
description:
- Location to render the template to on the remote machine.
required: true
default: null
backup:
description:
- Create a backup file including the timestamp information so you can get
the original file back if you somehow clobbered it incorrectly.
required: false
choices: [ "yes", "no" ]
default: "no"
validate:
description:
- validation to run before copying into place
required: false
default: ""
version_added: "1.2"
others:
description:
- all arguments accepted by the M(file) module also work here
required: false
examples:
- code: "template: src=/mytemplates/foo.j2 dest=/etc/file.conf owner=bin group=wheel mode=0644"
description: "Example from Ansible Playbooks"
- code: "action: temlpate src=/mine/sudoers dest=/etc/sudoers validate='visudo -c %s'"
description: "Copy a new C(sudoers) file into place, after passing validation with visudo"
2012-10-01 09:18:54 +02:00
notes:
- Since Ansible version 0.9, templates are loaded with C(trim_blocks=True).
- 'You can override jinja2 settings by adding a special header to template file.
i.e. c(#jinja2: trim_blocks: False)'
requirements: null
author: Michael DeHaan
'''