(A) please confirm what version of ansible you are using (ansible --version)
(B) when you say "didn't work", can you describe what did not work means? How did you ascertain it did not work? On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 8:36 AM, Levi Notik <[email protected]> wrote: > I've tried with force: yes with everything else the same as above and that > didn't work. > > > On Friday, August 29, 2014 8:33:26 AM UTC-4, Michael DeHaan wrote: > >> Hi Levi, >> >> It looks like you need to use the "force" parameter, which is documented >> as follows: >> >> If yes and dest is not a directory, will download the file every time >> and replace the file if the contents change. If no, the file will only >> be downloaded if the destination does not exist. Generally should be yesonly >> for small local files. Prior to 0.6, this module behaved as if yes was >> the default. (added in Ansible 0.7) >> >> (We can really remove all the special notes about 0.6 and 0.7, as that's >> some very old stuff and everyone has upgraded at this point) >> >> Also, usual disclaimer about get_url: If you have more than one server, >> a good tip can be to use a local step in a preceeding play to download a >> file and then the copy module to move it out. This prevents using your >> server farm to unintentionally DDOS a particular website or service. 500 >> or 1000 machines downloading a tarball would be rather abusive, especially >> if using force=yes or deploying them all at the same time. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 8:12 AM, Levi Notik <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I'm trying to use get_url to download a file to a group of hosts. My >>> play looks like this: >>> >>> --- >>> - hosts: webservers >>> remote_user: ec2-user >>> tasks: >>> - name: download jar >>> get_url: >>> url: https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/bucket/some.jar >>> dest: /home/ec2-user/management/jars/some.jar >>> notify: restart_service >>> - name: start_service >>> service: name=gw-management state=started >>> sudo: yes >>> handlers: >>> - name: restart_service >>> service: name=gw-management state=restarted >>> sudo: yes >>> >>> The file does not seem to be downloaded if it already exists in the dest >>> directory. If I delete the file first, everything works as expected. The >>> docs for get_url are slightly confusing and I'm not sure how dest being a >>> directory affects things. I've also tried using force. >>> >>> Do I simply need to set the destination to >>> /home/ec2-user/management/jars without the file name and then, as the docs >>> state, "If dest is a directory, the file will always be downloaded >>> (regardless of the force option), but replaced only if the contents >>> changed."? Also, how does ansible determine contents have changed, is >>> it hashing the contents? >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Ansible Project" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> >>> To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ >>> msgid/ansible-project/8eb9da33-a72f-4638-9c6d- >>> ab01549b7fc7%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/8eb9da33-a72f-4638-9c6d-ab01549b7fc7%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ansible Project" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/eba8d552-4416-4a27-bf33-59323c747e80%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/eba8d552-4416-4a27-bf33-59323c747e80%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CA%2BnsWgytu39u48RoPJFbep%3Da6WdZQ8vpPx8H-dyuUgvAqVQbZA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
