--- - name: install rsync become: yes package: name: "{{ package }}" state: present loop: "{{ data_sync_packages[ansible_distribution|lower] }}" loop_control: loop_var: package - name: synchronize data dir become: yes synchronize: src: "{{ playbook_dir }}/data/" dest: "/" owner: no group: no perms: yes rsync_path: '{{ ansible_become_method }} -u root rsync' copy_links: '{{ data_sync_copy_links }}'