How to copy a file from Linux server to Windows server using Ansible playbook

Question

I want to copy some dummy files from a Linux remote server to a Windows remote server but I'm not able to succeed. I'm using AWX but the output is throwing an error.

ERROR! 'win_copy' is not s valid attribute for a playbook 

The Ansible version I'm using is 2.9.19 and the AWX version is 21.0.0

This is the playbook I'm trying to run:

- name: testing windows files
  hosts: {{ hostname }}
  
  tasks:

- name: Copy a single file
  win_copy:
  src: /path/to/src/test.txt
  dest: user@hostname.domain.name.com:C:\Temp\renamed-test.txt

I tried with the "copy" attribute but the output is the same.

Note: I already installed the ansible.windows module but nothing changes.

Answer 1

Windoze is weird. Typically, Windoze has to be running WinRM.

So the first thing is to see whether you can connect at all:

- name: testing windoze connections
  hosts: all
  gather_facts: no
  tasks:  
  - name: Ping host
    win_ping:

If that works, then your win_copy will be:

  - name: Copy file
    win_copy:
      src: '/path/to/src/test.txt'
      dest: 'C:\Temp\renamed-test.txt'

The username needs to be in the variable ansible_user , and the password in ansible_password .

Answer 2

It looks to be syntax error. Indentation is wrong for win_copy task. The following code should at least be parsed correctly:

- name: testing windows files
  hosts: {{ hostname }}
  tasks:
    - name: Copy a single file
      win_copy:
        src: /path/to/src/test.txt
        dest: C:\Temp\renamed-test.txt