--- - name: test playbook for lxc_copy hosts: all tasks: - name: copy single file in container lxc_copy: args: name: ansible_test src: files/verkauf.jpg dest: /tmp/foo - name: copy files in container lxc_copy: args: name: ansible_test src: files/{{ item }} dest: /tmp/{{ item }} with_items: ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f', 'g']