cloned from https://gist.github.com/tima/5602600

rsync_ansible.yml

--- 
- 
  hosts: remote_host
  gather_facts: no 
  name: "Testing synchronize"
  vars:
     start_time: "{{ lookup('pipe','date') }}"
     test_files:
       - test1
       - test2
       - test3
  pre_tasks:
    -
      local_action: file path="/tmp/ansible-rsync-test" state=absent
      name: "cleanup failed tests"
    -
      local_action: file path="/tmp/ansible-rsync-test/{{ item }}" state=directory
      name: "create tmp directories for test"
      with_items:
        - "src"
        - "dest"
        - "remote" 
    -
      local_action: shell echo '{{ start_time }}' > /tmp/ansible-rsync-test/src/{{ item }}.txt
      name: "create test files for syncing"
      with_items: test_files
  tasks: 
    - 
      local_action: synchronize src="/tmp/ansible-rsync-test/src/" dest="/tmp/ansible-rsync-test/dest"
      name: "local-to-local sync test"
      # delegate_to: 127.0.0.1 
    - 
      local_action: synchronize src="/tmp/ansible-rsync-test/src/" dest="/tmp/ansible-rsync-test/dest" verbosity=1
      name: "verbosity option w/ local-to-local sync test"
      # delegate_to: 127.0.0.1 
    -
      local_action: shell echo '{{ start_time }}' > /tmp/ansible-rsync-test/dest/DELETE_ME.txt
      name: "create test files to delete"
    - 
      local_action: synchronize src="/tmp/ansible-rsync-test/src/" dest="/tmp/ansible-rsync-test/dest" delete=yes verbosity=1
      name: "delete and verbosity option w/ local-to-local sync test"
      # delegate_to: 127.0.0.1 
    -
      action: file path="/tmp/ansible-rsync-test" state=absent
      name: "cleanup failed tests on remote"
    -
      action: file path="/tmp/ansible-rsync-test/{{ item }}" state=directory
      name: "create tmp directories for remote test"
      with_items:
        - "src"
        - "dest" 
        - "delegate" 
    - 
      action: synchronize src="/tmp/ansible-rsync-test/src/" dest="/tmp/ansible-rsync-test/src"
      name: "local-to-remote sync test"
    - 
      action: synchronize src="/tmp/ansible-rsync-test/src/" dest="/tmp/ansible-rsync-test/dest"
      name: "remote-to-remote (local after module transferred) sync test"
      delegate_to: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
    - 
      action: synchronize mode=pull src="/tmp/ansible-rsync-test/src/" dest="/tmp/ansible-rsync-test/remote"
      name: "remote-to-local sync test"
    -
      action: file path="/tmp/ansible-rsync-test" state=absent
      name: "cleanup failed tests on delegate"
      delegate_to: delegate_host 
    - 
      action: synchronize mode=pull src="/tmp/ansible-rsync-test/src" dest="/tmp/ansible-rsync-test"
      name: "remote-to-delegate sync test"
      delegate_to: delegate_host 
    - 
      action: synchronize src="/tmp/ansible-rsync-test/" dest="/tmp/ansible-rsync-test/delegate"
      name: "delegate-to-remote sync test"
      delegate_to: delegate_host
- 
  hosts: all
  gather_facts: no 
  name: "Clean up test paths"
  tasks:
    -
     action: file path=/tmp/ansible-rsync-test state=absent
     name: "cleanup test paths"