tksarah.fetch-files

fetch-files

Ansible Role: fetch-file

As executing the playbook, the role is copied from the target host in background and save it as a text file. The role allows to get the list of specific files simply.

Install

# ansible-galaxy install --roles-path ./roles tksarah.fetch-files

Requirements

Ansible version 2.0 <

Role Variables

Available variables are listed below,

defaults/main.yml:

savedir: "fetched"

Ex) sample_filelist.txt:

/etc/ssh/sshd_config
/var/log/syslog
/etc/nsswitch.conf
/etc/hosts
/boot/grub/grub.conf

Dependencies

None

Example Playbook

- name: Playbook for fetching files
  hosts: "{{ target }}"
  gather_facts: no

  become: true
  become_user: root

  vars_prompt:
    - { name: "target" , prompt: "Input target host" ,  default: all , private: no }
    - { name: "inputfile" , prompt: "Input your file list" , default: sample_filelist.txt , private: no }
    - { name: "savedir" , prompt: "Input a save directory" , default: fetched , private: no }

  roles:
    - tksarah.fetch-files