Copy module can't find file, but normal cp command works correctly

[Colin L]

Hello,

I am trying to use the copy module to do a simple copy; but I am getting an error that has me puzzled:

Error that I get:

AnsibleFileNotFound: Could not find or access '/root/Downloads/example.desktop'

I have checked permissions, and that doesn't seem to be an issue, so to do some testing I tried the exact same parameters for the standard cp command.

YML file:

---
  - name: Ansible testing tasks
    hosts: 'test_servers'

    tasks:

    - name: Copying DIAMD desktop
      shell: cp /root/Downloads/DIAMD.desktop /etc/skel/Desktop/DIAMD.desktop
    # This one works#

      - name: creating desktop icons
        copy:
         src: /root/Downloads/example.desktop
         dest: /etc/skel/Desktop/example.desktop
     #this one doesn't work#


Trace output showing errors:

changed: [localhost] => {
    "changed": true,
    "cmd": "cp /root/Downloads/example.desktop /etc/skel/Desktop/example.desktop",
    "delta": "0:00:00.008886",
    "end": "2017-08-29 11:55:06.523320",
    "failed": false,
    "invocation": {
        "module_args": {
            "_raw_params": "cp /root/Downloads/example.desktop /etc/skel/Desktop/example.desktop",
            "_uses_shell": true,
            "chdir": null,
            "creates": null,
            "executable": null,
            "removes": null,
            "stdin": null,
            "warn": true
        }
    },
    "rc": 0,
    "start": "2017-08-29 11:55:06.514434",
    "stderr": "",
    "stderr_lines": [],
    "stdout": "",
    "stdout_lines": []
}

TASK [creating desktop icons] **************************************************************************************************************************************************
task path: /home/n8427a/playbooks/testing.yml:13
The full traceback is:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/ansible-2.4.0-py2.6.egg/ansible/plugins/action/copy.py", line 457, in run
    source = self._find_needle('files', source)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/ansible-2.4.0-py2.6.egg/ansible/plugins/action/__init__.py", line 982, in _find_needle
    return self._loader.path_dwim_relative_stack(path_stack, dirname, needle)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/ansible-2.4.0-py2.6.egg/ansible/parsing/dataloader.py", line 404, in path_dwim_relative_stack
    raise AnsibleFileNotFound(file_name=source, paths=[to_text(p) for p in search])
AnsibleFileNotFound: Could not find or access '/root/Downloads/example.desktop'

fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {
    "changed": false,
    "failed": true,
    "msg": "Could not find or access '/root/Downloads/example.desktop'"
}


I would believe that if the standard cp command worked, then the copy module would also be able to find the command.
#note, I am running command as root,


Any thoughts?

Thanks,
Colin

[Matt Martz]

The `copy` module defaults from copying from the ansible controller to the remote target.

To do a copy with a remote src, use the `remote_src` option

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[Colin L]

Thank you Matt.

It would appear that I didn't RTFM.