fatal: [212.117.31.141]: FAILED! => {"msg": "Failed to get information on remote file (file.jar): Not a directory"}

Question

Can't copy files ,because I get this error "Not a directory"

- name: Copy file with owner and permissions
  copy:
    src: files/
    dest: /opt/day/scripts
    owner: author
    group: aem
    mode: '0744'
    force: yes

What could be the cause of that? What does that mean?

does the destination directory (/opt/day/scripts) exist on the remote server ? also does the owner (author) and group (aem) exist on the remote server ? — codeaprendiz, Jul 10 '20 at 14:13
Does the files folder contain multiple files? In that case you should consider using ‘with_items’ to iterate over multiple files. If you want i can give a proper example of this. — codeaprendiz, Jul 10 '20 at 14:29
But I need whatever files there are. I don't want to specify each file — WhoAmI, Jul 10 '20 at 14:37

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 10 '20 at 14:51

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Copy the file in templates directory and Consider using the following ansible module

- name: transfer the scripts
  template:
    src: "{{ item }}"
    dest: "{{ destination_dir_path }}/{{ item | basename }}"
    mode: 0777
    owner: author
    group: aem
  with_fileglob:
    - templates/*.*

Directory structure of role

$ ls 
ls
defaults  tasks  templates

You would need to copy the files to the template directory. Let me know if this helps.

answered Jul 10 '20 at 14:51

codeaprendiz

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Doesn't fileglob copy only files, without folders? – WhoAmI Jul 10 '20 at 14:56
yes,but also [copy](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/copy_module.html) copies the files from local to remote machines. If you want directories to be created, then consider using [file](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/file_module.html) module – codeaprendiz Jul 10 '20 at 15:01

fatal: [212.117.31.141]: FAILED! => {"msg": "Failed to get information on remote file (file.jar): Not a directory"}

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