So I should be leaving off the filename in the dest param?

On Friday, August 29, 2014 11:02:47 AM UTC-4, Michael DeHaan wrote:
>
> here's an easy thing to try:
>
> ansible localhost -m get_url -c local -a "url=http://google.com 
> dest=/tmp/path force=no" 
> Observe /tmp/path
> edit /tmp/path to say "changeme this is a file that needs to be replaced"
> Run ansible command again
> observe /tmp/path is now replaced
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 8:47 AM, Levi Notik <[email protected] 
> <javascript:>> wrote:
>
>> Version is 1.7.1
>>
>> I'm probably missing something basic here (very new to ansible), but 
>> after running the playbook, I checked the directory on the host and the 
>> file hasn't been modified. Similarly, the notify step of restarting the 
>> service doesn't run (I know this by tailing logs).
>>
>>
>> On Friday, August 29, 2014 8:41:14 AM UTC-4, Michael DeHaan wrote:
>>
>>> (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?
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