Hey Michael, thanks for the reply. I've opened ansible#9415 <https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/9415> to track this.
On Friday, October 24, 2014 9:42:51 AM UTC-4, Michael DeHaan wrote: > > "if there's any way to use the hostname of a server rather than it's IP > to generate the file system tree when using the fetch module?" > > Yeah, It should use the inventory name anyway. > > I'd file a bug on this one at github.com/ansible/ansible -- it's a small > bug, and the workaround above will do, but it shouldn't be using conn.host > as the host path, but rather "inventory_hostname". > > > > On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 9:19 AM, Michael Warkentin <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Thanks James, I'll give that a try! >> >> Sorry about the double-post as well - I didn't realize that the forum was >> moderated, so I thought there was a glitch when I submitted my first >> message. >> >> On Thursday, October 23, 2014 11:52:13 AM UTC-4, James Cammarata wrote: >>> >>> Hi Michael, >>> >>> One way you can get around this is to use the inventory_hostname >>> variable in the dest= along with flat=yes, as follows: >>> >>> - hosts: all >>> gather_facts: no >>> tasks: >>> - fetch: src=/etc/hosts dest="/tmp/{{inventory_hostname}}/" flat=yes >>> >>> As long as the inventory_hostname is actually a hostname and not an IP, >>> this should do what you need. Beyond that, you can open a feature request >>> PR on ansible-modules-core to allow using the inventory hostname instead of >>> the connection address, when available. >>> >>> Hope that helps! >>> >>> On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 1:27 PM, Michael Warkentin <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hello, I was wondering if there's any way to use the hostname of a >>>> server rather than it's IP to generate the file system tree when using the >>>> fetch module? >>>> >>>> Our ansible inventories are set up like so: >>>> >>>> aqua-notif-wrkr-01 ansible_ssh_host=12.34.56.789 >>>> >>>> This ends up generating a tree like this: https://s3.amazonaws. >>>> com/snaps.michaelwarkentin.com/generate_server_list.py__ >>>> waveapps_2014-10-21_16-17-17.png >>>> >>>> Would setting up /etc/hosts to map hostnames to IPs work, or are we >>>> stuck with this? >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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/ee6477b0-7b5d-4ae7-aa5b- >>>> 33145f0e8e56%40googlegroups.com >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/ee6477b0-7b5d-4ae7-aa5b-33145f0e8e56%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] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <javascript:>. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/0bd13c3d-0def-4528-afe4-ed97e74fcc81%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/0bd13c3d-0def-4528-afe4-ed97e74fcc81%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/54008c9c-f6cb-42e0-be9c-b93c3fd7ddb7%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
