In this tutorial, How to use Ansible to read a remote file? Ansible the essential for DevOps Roles.
Ansible read remote file using slurp module
I use the slurp module to read a remote file.
- hosts: server1 tasks: - name: slurp file slurp: src: /home/vagrant/devopsroles register: slurp_remote_file - name: Read file debug: msg: "{{ slurp_remote_file['content'] | b64decode }}"
The terminal output as below
Ansible shell module
Using the shell module cat command to read a remote file
- hosts: server1
tasks:
- name: cat file
shell: cat /home/vagrant/devopsroles
register: cat_content_file
- name: echo file
debug:
msg: "{{ cat_content_file.stdout }}"
The terminal output as below
Ansible fetch module
To read a remote file using Ansible, you can use the fetch module. The fetch module allows you to retrieve files from remote hosts and store them locally on the Ansible control machine.
Here’s an example task to read a remote file:
- name: Read remote file
hosts: your_host
gather_facts: false
tasks:
- name: Fetch remote file
fetch:
src: /path/to/remote/file.txt
dest: /path/to/local/directory/
In this example, replace your_host with the target host or group of hosts where the remote file is located. Set the src parameter to the path of the remote file you want to read. Set the dest parameter to the local directory path where you want to store the fetched file.
Conclusion
Make sure you have proper SSH access and permissions to read the remote file on the target host(s) before running this playbook.
Through the article, you can use Ansible read remote file. I hope will this your helpful. For more details refer to Ansible tutorial.
