On Tuesday, 10 April 2018 16.31.44 CEST Michael Renner wrote:
> Moin,
>
> I want to download a file using the maven_artifact plugin into a temporary
> directory (an copy this to several other maschines). Now I wonder how to
> use a registerd variable for this .....
>
>
> - name: create temporary build directory
> tempfile:
> state: directory
> suffix: _baz
- name: create temporary build directory
tempfile:
state: directory
suffix: _baz
register: tmpdir
run_once: yes
delegate_to: localhost
If I understand you correctly you want to download to localhost, and then copy it out to all the host in the play.
If so you need to add run_once and delegate_to.
dest: "{{ tmpfile.path }}"
>
> - name: copy war file
> copy:
> src:?????
> dest: /opt/tomcat/webapp/
> owner: tomcat
> group: root
> mode: 0440
src: "{{ tmpfile.path }}/"
The slash at the end is important since it means content of directory.
> How do I get the name of the directory? How can I use this to the dest and
> src fields?
You register the output to a variable, and then this variable contain .path with the content of the temporary directory.
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Kai Stian Olstad