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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# Copyright: (c) 2017, Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+
+# This is a virtual module that is entirely implemented as an action plugin and runs on the controller
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+
+DOCUMENTATION = r'''
+---
+module: fetch
+short_description: Fetch files from remote nodes
+description:
+- This module works like M(ansible.builtin.copy), but in reverse.
+- It is used for fetching files from remote machines and storing them locally in a file tree, organized by hostname.
+- Files that already exist at I(dest) will be overwritten if they are different than the I(src).
+- This module is also supported for Windows targets.
+version_added: '0.2'
+options:
+ src:
+ description:
+ - The file on the remote system to fetch.
+ - This I(must) be a file, not a directory.
+ - Recursive fetching may be supported in a later release.
+ required: yes
+ dest:
+ description:
+ - A directory to save the file into.
+ - For example, if the I(dest) directory is C(/backup) a I(src) file named C(/etc/profile) on host
+ C(host.example.com), would be saved into C(/backup/host.example.com/etc/profile).
+ The host name is based on the inventory name.
+ required: yes
+ fail_on_missing:
+ version_added: '1.1'
+ description:
+ - When set to C(true), the task will fail if the remote file cannot be read for any reason.
+ - Prior to Ansible 2.5, setting this would only fail if the source file was missing.
+ - The default was changed to C(true) in Ansible 2.5.
+ type: bool
+ default: yes
+ validate_checksum:
+ version_added: '1.4'
+ description:
+ - Verify that the source and destination checksums match after the files are fetched.
+ type: bool
+ default: yes
+ flat:
+ version_added: '1.2'
+ description:
+ - Allows you to override the default behavior of appending hostname/path/to/file to the destination.
+ - If C(dest) ends with '/', it will use the basename of the source file, similar to the copy module.
+ - This can be useful if working with a single host, or if retrieving files that are uniquely named per host.
+ - If using multiple hosts with the same filename, the file will be overwritten for each host.
+ type: bool
+ default: no
+extends_documentation_fragment:
+ - action_common_attributes
+ - action_common_attributes.files
+ - action_common_attributes.flow
+attributes:
+ action:
+ support: full
+ async:
+ support: none
+ bypass_host_loop:
+ support: none
+ check_mode:
+ support: full
+ diff_mode:
+ support: full
+ platform:
+ platforms: posix, windows
+ safe_file_operations:
+ support: none
+ vault:
+ support: none
+notes:
+- When running fetch with C(become), the M(ansible.builtin.slurp) module will also be
+ used to fetch the contents of the file for determining the remote
+ checksum. This effectively doubles the transfer size, and
+ depending on the file size can consume all available memory on the
+ remote or local hosts causing a C(MemoryError). Due to this it is
+ advisable to run this module without C(become) whenever possible.
+- Prior to Ansible 2.5 this module would not fail if reading the remote
+ file was impossible unless C(fail_on_missing) was set.
+- In Ansible 2.5 or later, playbook authors are encouraged to use
+ C(fail_when) or C(ignore_errors) to get this ability. They may
+ also explicitly set C(fail_on_missing) to C(false) to get the
+ non-failing behaviour.
+seealso:
+- module: ansible.builtin.copy
+- module: ansible.builtin.slurp
+author:
+- Ansible Core Team
+- Michael DeHaan
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES = r'''
+- name: Store file into /tmp/fetched/host.example.com/tmp/somefile
+ ansible.builtin.fetch:
+ src: /tmp/somefile
+ dest: /tmp/fetched
+
+- name: Specifying a path directly
+ ansible.builtin.fetch:
+ src: /tmp/somefile
+ dest: /tmp/prefix-{{ inventory_hostname }}
+ flat: yes
+
+- name: Specifying a destination path
+ ansible.builtin.fetch:
+ src: /tmp/uniquefile
+ dest: /tmp/special/
+ flat: yes
+
+- name: Storing in a path relative to the playbook
+ ansible.builtin.fetch:
+ src: /tmp/uniquefile
+ dest: special/prefix-{{ inventory_hostname }}
+ flat: yes
+'''