ansible/library/template

# this is a virtual module that is entirely implemented server side

DOCUMENTATION = '''
---
module: template
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/)).
     - "Four 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, and C(template_path) the
       file name."
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"
  others:
    description:
      - all arguments accepted by the M(file) module also work here
    required: false
examples:
   - code: "template: src=/mytemplates/foo.j2 dest=/etc/file.conf owner=bin group=wheel mode=0644"
     description: "Example from Ansible Playbooks"
notes:
  - Since Ansible version 0.9, templates are loaded with C(trim_blocks=True).
requirements: null
author: Michael DeHaan
'''