How do you copy multiple files using remote_src in Ansible? - ansible

Question

When I run the command remote_src: true I get the error
ERROR! 'remote_src' is not a valid attribute for a Task
I was wondering if there is a better way to write the code or if this is a bug
Tried to remove the offending line of code, however, the files exist on the remote host so I'm unable to copy the files into the correct location
- hosts: openvpn_server
vars:
file_vars:
- { name: ca }
- { name: server }
tasks:
- name: check if ca.crt and server.crt exists
stat:
path: /tmp/{{ item.name }}.crt
with_items: "{{ file_vars }}"
register: ensure_ca_crt_exists
- name: copying server.crt and ca.crt
become: true
copy: src={{ item.src }} dest={{ item.dest }}
with_items:
- { src: '/tmp/server.crt' , dest: '/etc/openvpn/server.crt' }
- { src: '/tmp/ca.crt' , dest: '/etc/openvpn/ca.crt' }
remote_src: true
when: ensure_ca_crt_exists.results
- name: creating Diffie-Hellman key to use during key exchange
shell: ./easyrsa gen-dh
args:
chdir: ~/EasyRSA-v3.0.6/
- name: Generating HMAC signature to strengthen servers TLS integrity
shell: openvpn --genkey --secret ta.key
- name: copying ta.key and dh.pem to /etc/openvpn
become: true
copy: src={{ item.src }} dest={{ item.dest }}
with_items:
- { src: '/home/dc/EasyRSA-v3.0.6/ta.key' , dest: '/etc/openvpn/ta.key' }
- { src: '/home/dc/EasyRSA-v3.0.6/dh.pem' , dest: '/etc/openvpn/dh.pem' }
I should be able to copy the file from the tmp folder to /etc/openvpn folder
via the remote_src command, apologizes for the badly configured register I'm fairly new to ansible

Answer 1

ERROR! 'remote_src' is not a valid attribute for a Task
Indentation is wrong
- name: copying server.crt and ca.crt
become: true
copy: src={{ item.src }} dest={{ item.dest }}
with_items:
- { src: '/tmp/server.crt' , dest: '/etc/openvpn/server.crt' }
- { src: '/tmp/ca.crt' , dest: '/etc/openvpn/ca.crt' }
remote_src: true
Correct
- name: copying server.crt and ca.crt
copy:
src: "{{ item.src }}"
dest: "{{ item.dest }}"
remote_src: true
loop:
- {src: '/tmp/server.crt', dest: '/etc/openvpn/server.crt'}
- {src: '/tmp/ca.crt', dest: '/etc/openvpn/ca.crt'}
become: true