Ansible Files from inventory

Purpose: The role should take files from inventory directories.

Inventory tree

├── inventory
│   ├── group_vars
│   │   └── all.yml
│   ├── host_data
│   │   └── srv
│   │       ├── docker-compose-filebeat.yml
│   │       ├── local_backup_shared.sh
│   │       ├── ...
│   │       ├── remote_rclone_backups.sh
│   │       └── webhook_scripts
│   │           └── immich-byone.sh
│   ├── hosts.yml
│   └── host_vars
│       └── srv.yml

File inventory/group_vars/all.yml

inv_host_data: "{{ inventory_dir }}/host_data/{{ inventory_hostname }}"
...

File inventory/host_vars/srv.yml

file:
  - file: local_backup_shared.sh
    path: /root/scripts
    mode: "0700"

  - file: remote_rclone_backups.sh
    path: /root/scripts
    mode: "0700"

Task example: roles/file/tasks/tasks.yml

- name: Upload file or directory
  copy:
    backup: "{{ item.backup | default(false) }}"
    src: "{{ inv_host_data }}/{{ item.src | default(item.file) }}"
    dest: "{{ item.path }}/{{ '' if item.related is defined and (item.related|bool) else item.file }}"
    owner: "{{ item.owner | default('root') }}"
    group: "{{ item.group | default('root') }}"
    mode: "{{ item.mode | default('0644') }}"
    directory_mode: "{{ item.directory_mode | default('0755') }}"
  loop: "{{ file | default([]) }}"
  loop_control:
    label: "{{item.file}} -> {{ item.path }}"