win_unzip - Unzips compressed files and archives on the Windows node

New in version 2.0.

Synopsis

  • Unzips compressed files and archives.
  • Supports .zip files natively
  • Supports other formats supported by the Powershell Community Extensions (PSCX) module (basically everything 7zip supports)
  • For non-Windows targets, use the unarchive module instead.

Requirements (on host that executes module)

  • PSCX

Options

parameter required default choices comments
creates
 no
If this file or directory exists the specified src will not be extracted.
delete_archive
 no no
  • yes
  • no
Remove the zip file, after unzipping.
aliases: rm
dest
 yes
Destination of zip file (provide absolute path of directory). If it does not exist, the directory will be created.
recurse
 no no
  • yes
  • no
Recursively expand zipped files within the src file.
src
 yes
File to be unzipped (provide absolute path).

Examples

# This unzips a library that was downloaded with win_get_url, and removes the file after extraction
# $ ansible -i hosts -m win_unzip -a "src=C:\LibraryToUnzip.zip dest=C:\Lib remove=true" all

- name: Unzip a bz2 (BZip) file
  win_unzip:
    src: C:\Users\Phil\Logs.bz2
    dest: C:\Users\Phil\OldLogs
    creates: C:\Users\Phil\OldLogs

- name: Unzip gz log
  win_unzip:
    src: C:\Logs\application-error-logs.gz
    dest: C:\ExtractedLogs\application-error-logs

# Unzip .zip file, recursively decompresses the contained .gz files and removes all unneeded compressed files after completion.
- name: Unzip ApplicationLogs.zip and decompress all GZipped log files
  hosts: all
  gather_facts: false
  tasks:
    - name: Recursively decompress GZ files in ApplicationLogs.zip
      win_unzip:
        src: C:\Downloads\ApplicationLogs.zip
        dest: C:\Application\Logs
        recurse: yes
        delete_archive: yes

# Install PSCX to use for extracting a gz file
- name: Grab PSCX msi
  win_get_url:
    url: http://download-codeplex.sec.s-msft.com/Download/Release?ProjectName=pscx&DownloadId=923562&FileTime=130585918034470000&Build=20959
    dest: C:\Windows\Temp\pscx.msi

- name: Install PSCX
  win_msi:
    path: C:\Windows\Temp\pscx.msi

Return Values

Common return values are documented here Return Values, the following are the fields unique to this module:

name description returned type sample
dest
The provided destination path
 always string C:\ExtractedLogs\application-error-logs
removed
Whether the module did remove any files during task run
 always boolean True
src
The provided source path
 always string C:\Logs\application-error-logs.gz

Notes

Note

  • This module is not really idempotent, it will extract the archive every time, and report a change.
  • For extracting any compression types other than .zip, the PowerShellCommunityExtensions (PSCX) Module is required. This module (in conjunction with PSCX) has the ability to recursively unzip files within the src zip file provided and also functionality for many other compression types. If the destination directory does not exist, it will be created before unzipping the file. Specifying rm parameter will force removal of the src file after extraction.
  • For non-Windows targets, use the unarchive module instead.

Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

For help in developing on modules, should you be so inclined, please read Community Information & Contributing, Testing Ansible and Developing Modules.

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.4/win_unzip_module.html