Docs: Clean up of 'fetch' module docs (#46330)

* Docs: Clean up of 'fetch' module docs

This is part of a series of module doc cleanups.

* Fixes as suggested by review
pull/46465/head
Dag Wieers 6 years ago committed by Alicia Cozine
parent 21d23829be
commit 12d688c006

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# this is a virtual module that is entirely implemented server side #!/usr/bin/python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# Copyright: (c) 2017, Ansible Project # Copyright: (c) 2017, Ansible Project
# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt) # GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
# This is a virtual module that is entirely implemented as an action plugin and runs on the controller
from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
__metaclass__ = type __metaclass__ = type
ANSIBLE_METADATA = {'metadata_version': '1.1', ANSIBLE_METADATA = {'metadata_version': '1.1',
'status': ['stableinterface'], 'status': ['stableinterface'],
'supported_by': 'core'} 'supported_by': 'core'}
DOCUMENTATION = r'''
DOCUMENTATION = '''
--- ---
module: fetch module: fetch
short_description: Fetches a file from remote nodes short_description: Fetch files from remote nodes
description: description:
- This module works like M(copy), but in reverse. It is used for fetching - This module works like M(copy), but in reverse.
files from remote machines and storing them locally in a file tree, - It is used for fetching files from remote machines and storing them locally in a file tree, organized by hostname.
organized by hostname. - This module is also supported for Windows targets.
- This module is also supported for Windows targets. version_added: '0.2'
version_added: "0.2"
options: options:
src: src:
description: description:
- The file on the remote system to fetch. This I(must) be a file, not a - The file on the remote system to fetch.
directory. Recursive fetching may be supported in a later release. - This I(must) be a file, not a directory.
required: true - Recursive fetching may be supported in a later release.
required: yes
dest: dest:
description: description:
- A directory to save the file into. For example, if the I(dest) - A directory to save the file into.
directory is C(/backup) a I(src) file named C(/etc/profile) on host - For example, if the I(dest) directory is C(/backup) a I(src) file named C(/etc/profile) on host
C(host.example.com), would be saved into C(host.example.com), would be saved into C(/backup/host.example.com/etc/profile).
C(/backup/host.example.com/etc/profile) required: yes
required: true
fail_on_missing: fail_on_missing:
version_added: "1.1" version_added: '1.1'
description: description:
- When set to 'yes', the task will fail if the remote file cannot be - When set to C(yes), the task will fail if the remote file cannot be read for any reason.
read for any reason. Prior to Ansible-2.5, setting this would only fail - Prior to Ansible 2.5, setting this would only fail if the source file was missing.
if the source file was missing. - The default was changed to C(yes) in Ansible 2.5.
- The default was changed to "yes" in Ansible-2.5.
type: bool type: bool
default: 'yes' default: yes
validate_checksum: validate_checksum:
version_added: "1.4" version_added: '1.4'
description: description:
- Verify that the source and destination checksums match after the files are fetched. - Verify that the source and destination checksums match after the files are fetched.
type: bool type: bool
default: 'yes' default: yes
flat: flat:
version_added: "1.2" version_added: '1.2'
description: description:
- Allows you to override the default behavior of appending - Allows you to override the default behavior of appending hostname/path/to/file to the destination.
hostname/path/to/file to the destination. If dest ends with '/', it - If C(dest) ends with '/', it will use the basename of the source file, similar to the copy module.
will use the basename of the source file, similar to the copy module. - Obviously this is only handy if the filenames are unique.
Obviously this is only handy if the filenames are unique.
type: bool type: bool
default: 'no' default: no
author: author:
- "Ansible Core Team" - Ansible Core Team
- "Michael DeHaan" - Michael DeHaan
notes: notes:
- When running fetch with C(become), the M(slurp) module will also be - When running fetch with C(become), the M(slurp) module will also be
used to fetch the contents of the file for determining the remote used to fetch the contents of the file for determining the remote
checksum. This effectively doubles the transfer size, and checksum. This effectively doubles the transfer size, and
depending on the file size can consume all available memory on the depending on the file size can consume all available memory on the
remote or local hosts causing a C(MemoryError). Due to this it is remote or local hosts causing a C(MemoryError). Due to this it is
advisable to run this module without C(become) whenever possible. advisable to run this module without C(become) whenever possible.
- Prior to Ansible-2.5 this module would not fail if reading the remote - Prior to Ansible 2.5 this module would not fail if reading the remote
file was impossible unless fail_on_missing was set. In Ansible-2.5+, file was impossible unless C(fail_on_missing) was set.
playbook authors are encouraged to use fail_when or ignore_errors to - In Ansible 2.5 or later, playbook authors are encouraged to use
get this ability. They may also explicitly set fail_on_missing to False C(fail_when) or C(ignore_errors) to get this ability. They may
to get the non-failing behaviour. also explicitly set C(fail_on_missing) to C(no) to get the
- This module is also supported for Windows targets. non-failing behaviour.
- This module is also supported for Windows targets.
''' '''
EXAMPLES = ''' EXAMPLES = r'''
# Store file into /tmp/fetched/host.example.com/tmp/somefile - name: Store file into /tmp/fetched/host.example.com/tmp/somefile
- fetch: fetch:
src: /tmp/somefile src: /tmp/somefile
dest: /tmp/fetched dest: /tmp/fetched
# Specifying a path directly - name: Specifying a path directly
- fetch: fetch:
src: /tmp/somefile src: /tmp/somefile
dest: /tmp/prefix-{{ inventory_hostname }} dest: /tmp/prefix-{{ inventory_hostname }}
flat: yes flat: yes
# Specifying a destination path - name: Specifying a destination path
- fetch: fetch:
src: /tmp/uniquefile src: /tmp/uniquefile
dest: /tmp/special/ dest: /tmp/special/
flat: yes flat: yes
# Storing in a path relative to the playbook - name: Storing in a path relative to the playbook
- fetch: fetch:
src: /tmp/uniquefile src: /tmp/uniquefile
dest: special/prefix-{{ inventory_hostname }} dest: special/prefix-{{ inventory_hostname }}
flat: yes flat: yes

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