well looks like I didnt commit this afterall

roles/rsyncd/tasks/main.yml

@@ -25,14 +25,22 @@
   - rsyncd
   when: ansible_distribution_major_version|int > 21
 
+# - name: rsyncd.conf file
+#   copy: src={{ item }} dest=/etc/rsyncd.conf mode=0644
+#   with_first_found:
+#     - "{{ rsyncd_conf }}"
+#     - rsyncd.conf.{{ inventory_hostname }}
+#     - rsyncd.conf.{{ host_group }}
+#     - rsyncd.conf.{{ rsync_group }}
+#     - rsyncd.conf.default
+#   notify:
+#   - restart xinetd
+#   tags:
+#   - config
+#   - rsyncd
+
 - name: rsyncd.conf file
-  copy: src={{ item }} dest=/etc/rsyncd.conf mode=0644
+  template: src=rsyncd.conf.download.j2 dest=/etc/rsyncd.conf mode=0644
-  with_first_found:
-    - "{{ rsyncd_conf }}"
-    - rsyncd.conf.{{ inventory_hostname }}
-    - rsyncd.conf.{{ host_group }}
-    - rsyncd.conf.{{ rsync_group }}
-    - rsyncd.conf.default
   notify:
   - restart xinetd
   tags: