synchronize between two remote servers: you can pull but you cannot push?

[Joe Louthan]

So pulling in synchronize between two remote servers works like a champ:

---

- hosts: web14

  remote_user: jlouthan

  tasks:

      - name: Get current timestamp

        local_action: command bash -c 'date +%Y-%m-%d.%H%M'

        register: timestamp

        run_once: true

      - name: Get current datestamp

        local_action: command bash -c 'date +%Y-%m-%d'

        register: datestamp

        run_once: true

      - name: Create test file

        file: path=/home/jlouthan/testing{{ timestamp.stdout }} state=touch

      - name: List the file recently created

        shell: ls -la /home/jlouthan | grep {{ datestamp.stdout }}

        register: touchtest

      - debug: var=touchtest.stdout_lines

      - pause: prompt='Note the name of the file'

      - name: Pull test file from web16 to web14

        synchronize: mode=pull src=/home/jlouthan/testing{{ timestamp.stdout }} dest=/home/jlouthan/

        delegate_to: web16

      - name: List test files from today

        shell: ls -la /home/jlouthan | grep {{ datestamp.stdout }}

        delegate_to: web16

        register: destcheck

      - debug: var=destcheck.stdout_lines

      - pause: prompt='Check dest test files'

However, pushing from one remote server to another does not work:

$ cat test-push-files.yml

---

- hosts: web16

  remote_user: jlouthan

  tasks:

      - name: Get current timestamp

        local_action: command bash -c 'date +%Y-%m-%d.%H%M'

        register: timestamp

      - name: Get current datestamp

        local_action: command bash -c 'date +%Y-%m-%d'

        register: datestamp

      - name: Create test file

        file: path=/home/jlouthan/testing{{ timestamp.stdout }} state=touch

        delegate_to: web14

      - name: List the file recently created

        shell: ls -la /home/jlouthan | grep {{ datestamp.stdout }}

        delegate_to: web14

        register: touchtest

      - debug: var=touchtest.stdout_lines

      - pause: prompt='Note the name of the file'

      - name: Pull test file from web14 to web16

        synchronize: src=/home/jlouthan/testing{{ timestamp.stdout }} dest=/home/jlouthan

        delegate_to: web14

PLAY ***************************************************************************

TASK [setup] *******************************************************************

ok: [web16]

TASK [Get current timestamp] ***************************************************

changed: [web16 -> localhost]

TASK [Get current datestamp] ***************************************************

changed: [web16 -> localhost]

TASK [Create test file] ********************************************************

changed: [web16 -> web14]

TASK [List the file recently created] ******************************************

changed: [web16 -> web14]

TASK [debug] *******************************************************************

ok: [web16] => {

    "touchtest.stdout_lines": [

        "-rw-r--r--  1 jlouthan jlouthan        0 May  2 14:43 testing2016-05-02.0843",

        "-rw-r--r--  1 jlouthan jlouthan        0 May  2 14:45 testing2016-05-02.0845",

        "-rw-r--r--  1 jlouthan jlouthan        0 May  2 14:46 testing2016-05-02.0846",

        "-rw-r--r--  1 jlouthan jlouthan        0 May  2 14:56 testing2016-05-02.0856",

        "-rw-r--r--  1 jlouthan jlouthan        0 May  2 15:06 testing2016-05-02.0906",

        "-rw-r--r--  1 jlouthan jlouthan        0 May  2 15:14 testing2016-05-02.0914",

        "-rw-r--r--  1 jlouthan jlouthan        0 May  2 15:18 testing2016-05-02.0918",

        "-rw-r--r--  1 jlouthan jlouthan        0 May  2 15:19 testing2016-05-02.0919",

        "-rw-r--r--  1 jlouthan jlouthan        0 May  2 15:25 testing2016-05-02.0925"

    ]

}

TASK [pause] *******************************************************************

[pause]

Note the name of the file:

ok: [web16]

TASK [Pull test file from web14 to web16] **************************************

fatal: [web16 -> web14]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "cmd": "/usr/bin/rsync --delay-updates -F --compress --archive --rsh '/usr/bin/ssh  -S none -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no' --out-format='<<CHANGED>>%i %n%L' \"/home/jlouthan/testing2016-05-02.0925\" \"web16:/home/jlouthan\"", "failed": true, "msg": "rsync: --out-format=<<CHANGED>>%i %n%L: unknown option\nrsync error: syntax or usage error (code 1) at main.c(1231) [client=2.6.8]\n", "rc": 1}

NO MORE HOSTS LEFT *************************************************************

to retry, use: --limit @test-push-files.retry

PLAY RECAP *********************************************************************

web16                      : ok=7    changed=4    unreachable=0    failed=1

I tried following the examples using rsync within synchronize:

dest=http://web16/home/jlouthan/

... and that doesn't seem to work for me.

I guess what I am asking is how do you rsync pushing from one remote server to another (as oppose to pulling which I can successfully do).

[Johannes Kastl]

On 02.05.16 16:29 Joe Louthan wrote:

> I guess what I am asking is how do you rsync pushing from one remote server
> to another (as oppose to pulling which I can successfully do).

I would call rsync via shell/command rather than use the synchronize
module.

Johannes

[Joseph Louthan]

Good enough. Thank you.

Sincerely,

Joe Louthan

joelo...@gmail.com

817-760-0765

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