Ansible: unpack a file on the remote host - Ansible version 2.2
A while ago I posted about a nasty problem in the Ansible "unarchive" module: in version 2.0.x, if you do not specify "copy=no", Ansible will happily copy the file again from the Ansible host.
Turns out, that problem was fixed in version 2.2, but now the Playbook runs into an error:
fatal: [xxx]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "failed": true, "msg": "parameters are mutually exclusive: ('copy', 'remote_src')"}
Even if "copy" is set to "no", Ansible no longer accepts both parameters.
Ok, let's make Ansible happy, double the lines and add where conditions:
For older Ansible versions:
- name: unzip test archive (Ansible < 2.2)
unarchive: src=/tmp/test.zip dest=/tmp/test-tmp-install remote_src=yes copy=no
when: ansible_version.full | version_compare('2.2.0.0', operator='<', strict=False)
And for newer versions:
- name: unzip test archive (Ansible >= 2.2)
unarchive: src=/tmp/test.zip dest=/tmp/test-tmp-install remote_src=yes copy=no
when: ansible_version.full | version_compare('2.2.0.0', operator='>=', strict=False)
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Trying to unpack a file on the remote host using Ansible might end in an error message: fatal: [192.168.0.188]: FAILED! => {"failed": true, "msg": "ERROR! file or module does not exist: /tmp/test.zip"} I'm using Ansible 2.0.0.2 here, and h Comments ()
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