--- - 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