scp files with copy

[Eric Marquez]

I'm attempting to copy a large file to a remote SCP server(Cisco Nexus Switch). I verified I can copy it using SCP but I have a large number of server to copy the files too. The server also happens to be a switch that accepts will receive packages via SCP. Reading the Ansible Docs it looks like the copy command should work but it's not from what I can tell.
- copy: src:/my/local/path/file dest:/remote/path
This should work but I'm seeing Ansible attempt to copy it to the local file system and not the remote filesystem. How do I force it to send the file to the remote server?



copy.yml

- name: copy firmware

hosts: all

remote_user: admin

gather_facts: no

connection: local

roles:

- copyfirmware



roles/copyfirmware/

└── tasks

└── main.yml

- copy: src=/srv/tftpboot/n3000-uk9.6.0.2.U6.6.bin dest=/n3000-uk9.6.0.2.U6.6.bin


Ansible/cisco/nexus$ ansible-playbook copyfirmware.yml --limit 3132hl-3-2a -vvvv
Using ....Ansible/cisco/nexus/ansible.cfg as config file
Loaded callback default of type stdout, v2.0


PLAYBOOK: copyfirmware.yml *****************************************************

1 plays in copyfirmware.yml



PLAY [copy firmware] ***********************************************************



TASK [copyfirmware : copy firmware to switch scp server] ***********************

task path: /home/test/Solutions.Network.Automation/MAS/Ansible/cisco/nexus/roles/copyfirmware/tasks/main.yml:3

<2001:4898:5808:ff94::3> ESTABLISH LOCAL CONNECTION FOR USER: test

<2001:4898:5808:ff94::3> EXEC /bin/sh -c '( umask 77 && mkdir -p "` echo $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1470702388.81-164755256977347 `" && echo ansible-tmp-1470702388.81-164755256977347="` echo $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1470702388.81-164755256977347 `" ) && sleep 0'

<2001:4898:5808:ff94::3> PUT /tmp/tmpKR6wkE TO /home/test/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1470702388.81-164755256977347/stat

<2001:4898:5808:ff94::3> EXEC /bin/sh -c 'LANG=en_US.UTF-8 LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8 /usr/bin/python /home/test/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1470702388.81-164755256977347/stat; rm -rf "/home/test/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1470702388.81-164755256977347/" > /dev/null 2>&1 && sleep 0'

<2001:4898:5808:ff94::3> EXEC /bin/sh -c '( umask 77 && mkdir -p "` echo $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1470702388.93-56507575004650 `" && echo ansible-tmp-1470702388.93-56507575004650="` echo $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1470702388.93-56507575004650 `" ) && sleep 0'

<2001:4898:5808:ff94::3> PUT /srv/tftpboot/n3000-uk9-kickstart.6.0.2.U6.6.bin TO /home/test/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1470702388.93-56507575004650/source

<2001:4898:5808:ff94::3> PUT /tmp/tmpTFBEdq TO /home/test/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1470702388.93-56507575004650/copy

<2001:4898:5808:ff94::3> EXEC /bin/sh -c 'LANG=en_US.UTF-8 LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8 /usr/bin/python /home/test/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1470702388.93-56507575004650/copy; rm -rf "/home/test/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1470702388.93-56507575004650/" > /dev/null 2>&1 && sleep 0'

fatal: [3132hl-3-2a]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "checksum": "c86f4bee0935fa724f8ab93d76c950fe7ef3a5cb", "failed": true, "invocation": {"module_args": {"backup": false, "content": null, "delimiter": null, "dest": "/n3000-uk9-kickstart.6.0.2.U6.6.bin", "directory_mode": null, "follow": false, "force": true, "group": null, "mode": null, "original_basename": "n3000-uk9-kickstart.6.0.2.U6.6.bin", "owner": null, "regexp": null, "remote_src": null, "selevel": null, "serole": null, "setype": null, "seuser": null, "src": "/home/test/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1470702388.93-56507575004650/source", "validate": null}}, "msg": "Destination / not writable"}



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

[WARNING]: Could not create retry file 'copyfirmware.retry'. [Errno 2] No such file or directory: ''





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

3132hl-3-2a : ok=0 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=1


SCP from Ansible server using the CLI:

scp /srv/tftpboot/n3000-uk9-kickstart.6.0.2.U6.6.bin ad...@x.x.x.59:/n3000-uk9-kickstart.6.0.2.U6.6.bin

The authenticity of host 'x.x.x.59 (x.x.x.59)' can't be established.

RSA key fingerprint is SHA256:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.

Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes

Warning: Permanently added 'x.x.x.59' (RSA) to the list of known hosts.

3000-uk9-kickstart.6.0.2.U6.6.bin 100% 36MB 269.9KB/s 02:17

[Kai Stian Olstad]

On 09. aug. 2016 02:36, Eric Marquez wrote:
> I'm attempting to copy a large file to a remote SCP server(Cisco Nexus Switch). I verified I can copy it using SCP but I have a large number of server to copy the files too. The server also happens to be a switch that accepts will receive packages via SCP. Reading the Ansible Docs it looks like the copy command should work but it's not from what I can tell.
> - copy: src:/my/local/path/file dest:/remote/path
> This should work but I'm seeing Ansible attempt to copy it to the local file system and not the remote filesystem. How do I force it to send the file to the remote server?
>
>
> copy.yml
> - name: copy firmware
> hosts: all
> remote_user: admin
> gather_facts: no
> connection: local

The reason the copy is to the local file system is this.
Here you say all host should use connection local.

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Kai Stian Olstad