Ansible File Commands

Copy File to remote servers

---
- name: copy file from local to remote
 hosts: all
 
 tasks:
 - name: copy file
   copy:
     src: ~/photo.jpg
     dest: ~/    
     owner: root
     group: root
     mode: 0777

Change Permission of file on remote server

---
- name: change permission on remote
 hosts: all

 tasks:
 - name: change permission
   file:
     path: ~/photo.jpg
     owner: root
     group: root
     mode: 0666

Run Shell Script on remote server

---
- name: run shell script
 hosts: all

 tasks:
  - name: run shell script
    shell: "~/cfile.sh"

Create a Cron Job

---
- name: Create a cron job
 hosts: server2

 tasks:
   - name: scedule cron
     cron: 
       name: job secudeled by ansible
       minute: "0"
       hour: "10"
       day: "*"
       month: "*"
       weekday: "4"
       user: root
       job: "~/cfile.sh"

Download Package from URL

---
- name: Download file from the internet 
 hosts: all
 tasks:
   - name: create a directory to download the file
     file:
       path: ~/pdf     
       state: directory
       mode: 0755
       owner: robert
       group: robert
   - name: Download the file from the url
     get_url: https:www.web.com/one.pdf                                           
       dest: ~/pdf
       mode: 0755
       group: robert
       owner: robert

Find and Kill Running Process

 ---
 - name: find a process and kill it
  hosts: server1
 
  tasks:
    - name: get running process from remote host
      ignore_errors: yes 
      shell: "ps -few | grep top | awk '{print $2}'"
      register: running_process
 
    - name: Kill running processes
      ignore_errors: yes
      shell: "kill {{ item }}"
      with_items: "{{ running_process.stdout_lines }}"

Pick and choose steps

Start a playbook at a specific task - use the above as example

ansible-playbook playbookname.yml --start-at-task 'kill running process' --private-key ~/.ssh/keyname