Copy files from windows machine to linux machine using ansible

[Mick st john]

I trying to copy files from a remote windows machine to my local machine(linux machine) using ansible. As fetch module works for linux to linux file transfer, is there anything similar that could enable me to fetch files from windows machine to linux machine?

[J Hawkesworth]

Fetch can also fetch from windows machines back to your ansible controller machine.

If you are fetching from > 1 windows box don't forget to fetch to a directory, or use something like {{ inventory_hostname_short }} when generating the file name.

Hope this helps,

Jon

[Mick st john]

I tried the following playbook:

---
- hosts: windows
  tasks:
     - name: copy file
       fetch: src=\path\to\file\on\windows\machine dest=/destination/directory

But, somehow it failed. Am I doing it the wrong way?

[Mick st john]

I did some changes and it worked. But, the whole directory is getting created on the linux machine which has the desired file.

[Mick st john]

 I used flat=yes and the issue is now resolved. Thank you!

[Vigneshwar V]

Can you tell me what are the changes you made

[J Hawkesworth]

This ought to do it (not tested).

Jon

---
- hosts: windows
  tasks:

     - name: copy file back to ansible machine from windows
       fetch:
          src: \path\to\file\on\windows\machine
          dest: /destination/directory/on/ansible/controller
          flat: yes
       delegate_to: a_windows_host

[Ricky V.]

But this won't run and there's no error,

--- 
- hosts: windows
  tasks:

     - name: copy file back to ansible machine from windows
       fetch: 
          src: \path\to\file\on\windows\machine
          dest: /destination/directory/on/ansible/controller
          flat: yes

       delegate_to: ansible_hostname

Any idea if you want to get the data from multiple windows server?

[Jordan Borean]

If you can share the error we may be able to help, my thoughts are the delegate_to isn't needed and the src path is inavlid but without any more info we can't really help.