download ISO from artifactory to F5

[Sharon Day]

I'm working on a playbook to upgrade all our F5 devices but having trouble with the download of the ISO from Artifactory to the F5.  When I run the play the file is downloaded but its downloaded to the Ansible control node not the F5.  Here's my play,

---

- hosts:

   - lab_f5

  gather_facts: no

  connection: local

  vars_prompt:

  - name: f5_user

    prompt: "Enter F5 Username"

    private: no

  - name: f5_password

    prompt: "Enter F5 Password"

  tasks:

  - name: Shell download

    shell: curl -vvvv -H 'X-JFrog-Art-API:api_key' -O https://artifactory.com/repo/F5/BIGIP-14.1.4.3-0.0.8.iso

    args:

      executable: /bin/bash

      chdir: /shared/images

    delegate_to: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"

It doesn't seem to matter if I use the delegate_to statement or not.  If I run the play I get a message that the /shared/images doesn't exists and if I remove the chdir or change the directory to something that exists on my Ansible control node it works but downloads the file to the control node not the F5.

Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.

[Stefan Hornburg (Racke)]

You are using "connection: local" for lab_f5 host, so I think that inventory_hostname points to the Ansible controller.

Regards
Racke

>
> Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.
>

> --
> 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 ansible-proje...@googlegroups.com <mailto:ansible-proje...@googlegroups.com>.
> To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/063deb2e-9958-4a6f-b015-0bc3e5a76a02n%40googlegroups.com <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/063deb2e-9958-4a6f-b015-0bc3e5a76a02n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>.


--
Ecommerce and Linux consulting + Perl and web application programming.
Debian and Sympa administration.

[Dick Visser]

Why use curl and not the dedicated get_url module?
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/ansible/builtin/get_url_module.html

> --
> 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 ansible-proje...@googlegroups.com.
> To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/063deb2e-9958-4a6f-b015-0bc3e5a76a02n%40googlegroups.com.



--
Dick Visser
Trust & Identity Service Operations Manager
GÉANT

[Stefan Hornburg (Racke)]

On 08/07/2021 15:56, Dick Visser wrote:
> Why use curl and not the dedicated get_url module?
> https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/ansible/builtin/get_url_module.html

Are you sure that F5 has a proper Python installed?

Regards
Racke

[Sharon Day]

This appears to work.  I did try the get_url module and got the same results the file was being downloaded to the Ansible control node.  This issue I think with that was the connection: local.  I could have tried it with the connection: ssh but I would have needed to make this part of the upgrade be its own playbook.  Instead I did this and its working,

  - name: Download ISO from Artifactory

    uri:

      method: "POST"

      url: "https://{{ ansible_host | default(inventory_hostname) }}/mgmt/tm/util/bash"

      user: "{{ lookup('env', 'F5_USER') }}"

      password: "{{ lookup('env', 'F5_PASSWORD') }}"

      body:

        command: "run"

        utilCmdArgs: "-c 'cd /shared/images; curl -vvvv -H 'X-JFrog-Art-API:api_key' -O https://artifactory.com/repo/F5/BIGIP-14.1.4.3-0.0.8.iso'"

      body_format: json

      status_code: 200

      validate_certs: no

      timeout: 120

    register: artifactory_download