I made a mistake – it’s not “for whatever reason the file cannot be copied” ...
but it happens (at least) when I can’t open the remote file (permission denied).
[ehymowitz test]$ ls -al cougar
total 8,192
drwx------. 2 ehymowitz ehymowitz 4,096 Oct 3 13:15 .
drwx------. 3 ehymowitz ehymowitz 4,096 Oct 3 13:13 ..
[ehymowitz test]$ cat fetch.yaml
- hosts: cougar
gather_facts: no
tasks:
- name: fetch
fetch:
src: /etc/sysconfig/iptables
dest:
"/home/ehymowitz/ansible/test/cougar/{{inventory_hostname}}.iptables"
flat: yes
[ehymowitz test]$ ansible-playbook fetch.yaml
PLAY [cougar] ******
TASK [fetch] *******
[WARNING]: sftp transfer mechanism failed on [cougar]. Use ANSIBLE_DEBUG=1 to
see detailed information
[WARNING]: scp transfer mechanism failed on [cougar]. Use ANSIBLE_DEBUG=1 to
see detailed information
[WARNING]: piped transfer mechanism failed on [cougar]. Use ANSIBLE_DEBUG=1 to
see detailed information
fatal: [cougar]: FAILED! => {"msg":
"failed to transfer file to /etc/sysconfig/iptables
/home/ehymowitz/ansible/test/cougar/cougar.iptables:\n\ndd:
opening `/etc/sysconfig/iptables': Permission denied\n"}
to retry, use: --limit @/home/ehymowitz/ansible/test/fetch.retry
PLAY RECAP *******
cougar : ok=0 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=1
[ehymowitz test]$ ls -al cougar
total 8,192
drwx------. 2 ehymowitz ehymowitz 4,096 Oct 3 13:15 .
drwx------. 3 ehymowitz ehymowitz 4,096 Oct 3 13:13 ..
-rw-------. 1 ehymowitz ehymowitz 0 Oct 3 13:15 cougar.iptables
--EbH
From: ansible-project@googlegroups.com <ansible-project@googlegroups.com> On
Behalf Of Brad Van Orden
Sent: Wednesday, 3 October, 2018 08:45
To: Ansible Project <ansible-project@googlegroups.com>
Subject: [ansible-project] Re: ansible fetch fails but creates zero-length file
Eric,
Can you provide your task? Any error messages?
On Tuesday, October 2, 2018 at 1:45:38 PM UTC-4,
eric.b....@nasa.gov<mailto:eric.b....@nasa.gov> wrote:
When I use the fetch module (with or without using become, which is
contra-indicated but I have no choice), and for whatever reason the file cannot
be copied, the local machine still creates a zero-length file. Is there a way
to disable this behavior?
Thanks.
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