How to Copy file from remote server to local Anisble server

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How to Copy file from remote server to local Anisble server
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Let`s take backup of ens33 network configuration file on ansible server

Following file is on ansible web client

[root@web1 network-scripts]# cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ens33
TYPE=Ethernet
BOOTPROTO="static"
NAME=ens33
UUID=0ca5a92f-d841-4f82-a69b-56c6a52657e5
IPADDR="192.168.159.142"
NETMASK="255.255.255.0"
GATEWAY="192.168.159.2"
DEVICE=ens33
ONBOOT=yes
[root@web1 network-scripts]#

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Now lets write playbook which will copy file from web1 ansible client to ansible server localy
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[root@ansimaster playbooks]# cat fetchremotefile.yml
- hosts: webservers
  tasks:
  - name: Ansible fetch files from remote server to the local machine under /tmp/web1/ using Ansible fetch module
    fetch:
       src: /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ens33
       dest: /tmp/web1/
[root@ansimaster playbooks]#
[root@ansimaster playbooks]#
[root@ansimaster playbooks]# ansible-playbook -v fetchremotefile.yml --syntax-check
Using /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg as config file
/etc/ansible/hosts did not meet host_list requirements, check plugin documentation if this is unexpected
/etc/ansible/hosts did not meet script requirements, check plugin documentation if this is unexpected

playbook: fetchremotefile.yml
[root@ansimaster playbooks]#
[root@ansimaster playbooks]# ansible-playbook -v fetchremotefile.yml
Using /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg as config file
/etc/ansible/hosts did not meet host_list requirements, check plugin documentation if this is unexpected
/etc/ansible/hosts did not meet script requirements, check plugin documentation if this is unexpected

PLAY [webservers] **********************************************************************************************************************

TASK [Gathering Facts] *****************************************************************************************************************
ok: [192.168.159.142]

TASK [Ansible fetch files from remote server to the local machine under /tmp/web1/ using Ansible fetch module] **********************
ok: [192.168.159.142] => {"changed": false, "checksum": "9fdc4631156b259899e953b5f404210da39ca1cb", "dest": "/tmp/web1/192.168.159.142/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ens33", "file": "/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ens33", "md5sum": "1d434556162da86401f9945f74fd4929"}

PLAY RECAP *****************************************************************************************************************************
192.168.159.142            : ok=2    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=0

[root@ansimaster playbooks]#



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Now check network configuration file of web1 client should preset on ansible server under /tmp/web1/
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[root@ansimaster ~]# ls -ld /tmp/web1
drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 29 May 22 09:25 /tmp/web1
[root@ansimaster ~]#

[root@ansimaster network-scripts]# cat /tmp/web1/192.168.159.142/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ens33
TYPE=Ethernet
BOOTPROTO="static"
NAME=ens33
UUID=0ca5a92f-d841-4f82-a69b-56c6a52657e5
IPADDR="192.168.159.142"
NETMASK="255.255.255.0"
GATEWAY="192.168.159.2"
DEVICE=ens33
ONBOOT=yes
[root@ansimaster network-scripts]#