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55 lines
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# this is a virtual module that is entirely implemented server side
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DOCUMENTATION = '''
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---
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module: fetch
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short_description: Fetches a file from remote nodes
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description:
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- This module works like M(copy), but in reverse. It is used for fetching
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files from remote machines and storing them locally in a file tree,
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organized by hostname. Note that this module is written to transfer
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log files that might not be present, so a missing remote file won't
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be an error unless fail_on_missing is set to 'yes'.
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version_added: "0.2"
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options:
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src:
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description:
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- The file on the remote system to fetch. This I(must) be a file, not a
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directory. Recursive fetching may be supported in a later release.
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required: true
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default: null
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aliases: []
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dest:
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description:
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- A directory to save the file into. For example, if the I(dest)
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directory is C(/backup) a I(src) file named C(/etc/profile) on host
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C(host.example.com), would be saved into
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C(/backup/host.example.com/etc/profile)
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required: true
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default: null
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fail_on_missing:
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version_added: "1.1"
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description:
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- Makes it fails when the source file is missing.
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required: false
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choices: [ "yes", "no" ]
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default: "no"
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flat:
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version_added: "1.2"
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description:
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Allows you to override the default behavior of prepending hostname/path/to/file to
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the destination. If dest ends with '/', it will use the basename of the source
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file, similar to the copy module. Obvioiusly this is only handy if the filenames
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are unqiue.
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examples:
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- code: "fetch: src=/var/log/messages dest=/home/logtree"
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description: "Example from Ansible Playbooks"
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- code: "fetch: src=/tmp/somefile dest="/tmp/beefcake-{{ ansible_hostname }}" flat=yes"
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description: "Copies a file from remote machine and stores it at the absolute path /tmp/beefcake-{{ ansible_hostname }}"
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- code: "fetch: src=/tmp/uniquefile dest="/tmp/special/" flat=yes"
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description: "Copies a file from remote machine and stores it at the absolute path /tmp/special"
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- code: "fetch: src=/tmp/uniquefile dest="special/" flat=yes"
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description: "Copies a file from remote machine and stores it in special/uniquefile relative to the playbook"
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requirements: []
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author: Michael DeHaan
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'''
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