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 Template:Item"
     with_items: "Template:Running process.stdout lines"