I believe the Ansible copy module can take a whole bunch of "files" and copy them in one hit. This I believe can be achieved by copying a directory recursively.
Can the Ansible template module take a whole bunch of "templates" and deploy them in one hit? Is there such a thing as deploying a folder of templates and applying them recursively?
The template module itself runs the action on a single file, but you can use with_filetree to loop recursively over a specified path:
- name: Ensure directory structure exists
ansible.builtin.file:
path: '{{ templates_destination }}/{{ item.path }}'
state: directory
with_community.general.filetree: '{{ templates_source }}'
when: item.state == 'directory'
- name: Ensure files are populated from templates
ansible.builtin.template:
src: '{{ item.src }}'
dest: '{{ templates_destination }}/{{ item.path }}'
with_community.general.filetree: '{{ templates_source }}'
when: item.state == 'file'
And for templates in a single directory you can use with_fileglob.