Honestly, no idea. We need to get the v2 refactoring out in 1.9 (worst case 2.0) first, and then we'll be in a good position to make a generalized backup mechanism.
Until then, something like a "fetch" module call to manually do it would be a good solution. On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 1:35 PM, Mzp45 <[email protected]> wrote: > > In which release would the overall be completed? > > Thanks > > On Monday, December 15, 2014 6:51:20 AM UTC-5, Michael DeHaan wrote: >> >> Let's not add a new backup parameter. >> >> The existing backup=yes/no parameter that only creates local backups >> needs to be overhauled to do remotes, and we can generalize it at this time. >> >> >> >> On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 12:51 PM, Mzp45 <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Sure, I'll work on the pull request. >>> >>> On Wednesday, December 10, 2014 1:17:42 PM UTC-5, tkuratomi wrote: >>>> >>>> Yeah, I just noticed that backup actually does exist on a lot of the >>>> file-like modules. I just hadn't noticed them before. So yeah, >>>> adding a backup parameter that does the same thing for sysctl seems >>>> like a good idea. Could you open a pull request if you can code it or >>>> an issue if you can't so that hte idea doesn't get lost? >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> -Toshio >>>> >>>> On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 8:20 AM, Mzp45 <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> > I was thinking an implementation along the lines of the "lineinfile" >>>> module >>>> > where you can edit a file and create a backup at the same time. For >>>> the >>>> > sysctl module if you have to edit a sysctl.conf file then a backup >>>> seems >>>> > like a good failsafe. >>>> > >>>> > On Tuesday, December 9, 2014 7:08:46 PM UTC-5, tkuratomi wrote: >>>> >> >>>> >> In general, ansible modules do not perform backups of files that >>>> they >>>> >> modify. I'm not sure that sysctl is especially special in this >>>> >> regard. Is there a reason you need this for sysctl but not for >>>> copy, >>>> >> or any of the other modules? >>>> >> >>>> >> -Toshio >>>> >> >>>> >> On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 7:41 AM, Mzp45 <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >> > Hello, >>>> >> > Is there a way to create a backup of /etc/sysctl.conf when making >>>> a >>>> >> > change >>>> >> > using the sysctl core module? 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