Problem using fetch and with_items

[Jeff Potts]

I can successfully fetch a file with an explicit src. However, when I try to use with_items, I am getting a "remote file does not exist" error.

It doesn't matter whether I use a hard-coded list for with_items or a variable.

Here is the playbook:

---
- hosts: '{{ hosts }}'
  tasks:
  - name: List output files
    shell: bash -lc "ls -1 /opt/appbin/elasticsearch/support-diagnostics.*.tar.gz"
    register: resultfiles
  - debug: var=resultfiles
  - name: Fetch files
    action: fetch src=$item dest=/Users/jpotts/Desktop/diags/ flat=yes fail_on_missing=yes
    with_items:
      - "{{ resultfiles.stdout_lines }}"

And here is the output:

(ansible)Metaversant:ansible jpotts$ ansible-playbook runDiagnostics.yml --extra-vars "hosts=xldwcs01.someco.com"

PLAY [xldwcs01.someco.com] ***************************************************

GATHERING FACTS ***************************************************************
ok: [xldwcs01.someco.com]

TASK: [List output files] *****************************************************
changed: [xldwcs01.someco.com]

TASK: [debug var=resultfiles] *************************************************
ok: [xldwcs01.someco.com] => {
    "resultfiles": {
        "changed": true,
        "cmd": "bash -lc \"ls -1 /opt/appbin/elasticsearch/support-diagnostics.*.tar.gz\"",
        "delta": "0:00:00.040305",
        "end": "2015-05-08 10:43:11.456619",
        "invocation": {
            "module_args": "bash -lc \"ls -1 /opt/appbin/elasticsearch/support-diagnostics.*.tar.gz\"",
            "module_name": "shell"
        },
        "rc": 0,
        "start": "2015-05-08 10:43:11.416314",
        "stderr": "",
        "stdout": "/opt/appbin/elasticsearch/support-diagnostics.xldwcs01._local.20150507-181150.tar.gz\n/opt/appbin/elasticsearch/support-diagnostics.xldwcs01._local.20150507-181232.tar.gz\n/opt/appbin/elasticsearch/support-diagnostics.xldwcs01._local.20150507-181319.tar.gz\n/opt/appbin/elasticsearch/support-diagnostics.xldwcs01._local.20150507-181634.tar.gz\n/opt/appbin/elasticsearch/support-diagnostics.xldwcs01._local.20150507-181958.tar.gz",
        "stdout_lines": [
            "/opt/appbin/elasticsearch/support-diagnostics.xldwcs01._local.20150507-181150.tar.gz",
            "/opt/appbin/elasticsearch/support-diagnostics.xldwcs01._local.20150507-181232.tar.gz",
            "/opt/appbin/elasticsearch/support-diagnostics.xldwcs01._local.20150507-181319.tar.gz",
            "/opt/appbin/elasticsearch/support-diagnostics.xldwcs01._local.20150507-181634.tar.gz",
            "/opt/appbin/elasticsearch/support-diagnostics.xldwcs01._local.20150507-181958.tar.gz"
        ],
        "warnings": []
    }
}

TASK: [Fetch file] ************************************************************
failed: [xldwcs01.someco.com] => (item=/opt/appbin/elasticsearch/support-diagnostics.xldwcs01._local.20150507-181150.tar.gz) => {"failed": true, "file": "$item", "item": "/opt/appbin/elasticsearch/support-diagnostics.xldwcs01._local.20150507-181150.tar.gz"}
msg: the remote file does not exist
failed: [xldwcs01.someco.com] => (item=/opt/appbin/elasticsearch/support-diagnostics.xldwcs01._local.20150507-181232.tar.gz) => {"failed": true, "file": "$item", "item": "/opt/appbin/elasticsearch/support-diagnostics.xldwcs01._local.20150507-181232.tar.gz"}
msg: the remote file does not exist
failed: [xldwcs01.someco.com] => (item=/opt/appbin/elasticsearch/support-diagnostics.xldwcs01._local.20150507-181319.tar.gz) => {"failed": true, "file": "$item", "item": "/opt/appbin/elasticsearch/support-diagnostics.xldwcs01._local.20150507-181319.tar.gz"}
msg: the remote file does not exist
failed: [xldwcs01.someco.com] => (item=/opt/appbin/elasticsearch/support-diagnostics.xldwcs01._local.20150507-181634.tar.gz) => {"failed": true, "file": "$item", "item": "/opt/appbin/elasticsearch/support-diagnostics.xldwcs01._local.20150507-181634.tar.gz"}
msg: the remote file does not exist
failed: [xldwcs01.someco.com] => (item=/opt/appbin/elasticsearch/support-diagnostics.xldwcs01._local.20150507-181958.tar.gz) => {"failed": true, "file": "$item", "item": "/opt/appbin/elasticsearch/support-diagnostics.xldwcs01._local.20150507-181958.tar.gz"}
msg: the remote file does not exist

FATAL: all hosts have already failed -- aborting

PLAY RECAP ********************************************************************
           to retry, use: --limit @/Users/jpotts/runDiagnostics.retry

xldwcs01.someco.com       : ok=3    changed=1    unreachable=0    failed=1

I have also tried removing the variable by using the following task, which fails similarly:

  - name: Fetch specific file
    fetch: src=$item dest=/Users/jpotts/Desktop/diags/ flat=yes fail_on_missing=yes
    with_items:
      - /opt/appbin/elasticsearch/support-diagnostics.xldwcs01._local.20150507-181958.tar.gz

If I use one of the file paths from the debug output as the explicit src, it works:

  - name: Fetch specific file
    fetch: src=/opt/appbin/elasticsearch/support-diagnostics.xldwcs01._local.20150507-181958.tar.gz dest=/Users/jpotts/Desktop/diags/ flat=yes fail_on_missing=yes

This is Ansible 1.8.2 on Mac OS X.

Jeff

[Brian Coca]

try
src={{item}}

$var was removed from ansible several versions back.



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Brian Coca

[Jeff Potts]

That worked, thanks.