# this is a virtual module that is entirely implemented server side DOCUMENTATION = ''' --- module: win_template version_added: 1.8 short_description: Templates a file out to a remote server. description: - Templates are processed by the Jinja2 templating language (U(http://jinja.pocoo.org/docs/)) - documentation on the template formatting can be found in the Template Designer Documentation (U(http://jinja.pocoo.org/docs/templates/)). - "Six additional variables can be used in templates: C(ansible_managed) (configurable via the C(defaults) section of C(ansible.cfg)) contains a string which can be used to describe the template name, host, modification time of the template file and the owner uid, C(template_host) contains the node name of the template's machine, C(template_uid) the owner, C(template_path) the absolute path of the template, C(template_fullpath) is the absolute path of the template, and C(template_run_date) is the date that the template was rendered. Note that including a string that uses a date in the template will result in the template being marked 'changed' each time." options: src: description: - Path of a Jinja2 formatted template on the local server. This can be a relative or absolute path. required: true default: null aliases: [] dest: description: - Location to render the template to on the remote machine. required: true default: null backup: description: - Create a backup file including the timestamp information so you can get the original file back if you somehow clobbered it incorrectly. required: false choices: [ "yes", "no" ] default: "no" notes: - "templates are loaded with C(trim_blocks=True)." requirements: [] author: Michael DeHaan ''' EXAMPLES = ''' # Example - win_template: src=/mytemplates/foo.j2 dest=C:\\temp\\file.conf '''