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+---
+- name: Copy templates to elasticsearch
+  copy: src=templates dest=/etc/elasticsearch/
+
+- name: Get template files 
+  shell: find . -maxdepth 1 -type f | sed "s#\./##" | sed "s/.json//" chdir=/etc/elasticsearch/templates
+  register: resultstemplate
+
+- name: Install template(s)
+  command: 'curl -sL -XPUT http://localhost:9200/_template/{{item}} -d @/etc/elasticsearch/templates/{{item}}.json'
+  with_items: resultstemplate.stdout_lines