--- - name: Copy files into container and fetch them back hosts: all gather_facts: false vars: ansible_connection: containers.podman.podman tasks: - name: Compute controller time delegate_to: localhost vars: ansible_connection: local set_fact: controller_now: "{{ lookup('pipe', 'date -Is') }}" - name: Create temp file on controller delegate_to: localhost vars: ansible_connection: local copy: dest: "/tmp/hello_from_controller.txt" content: "Hello from controller at {{ controller_now }}\n" - name: Upload file to container via podman cp delegate_to: localhost vars: ansible_connection: local command: >- podman cp /tmp/hello_from_controller.txt {{ inventory_hostname }}:/tmp/hello_in_container.txt - name: Show file details inside container raw: "sh -lc 'ls -l /tmp/hello_in_container.txt && wc -l /tmp/hello_in_container.txt'" - name: Fetch the file back via podman cp delegate_to: localhost vars: ansible_connection: local command: >- podman cp {{ inventory_hostname }}:/tmp/hello_in_container.txt /tmp/fetched_{{ inventory_hostname }}.txt