slurp – Slurps a file from remote nodes

• Synopsis
• Parameters
• Notes
• Examples
• Status

Synopsis

• This module works like fetch. It is used for fetching a base64- encoded blob containing the data in a remote file.
• This module is also supported for Windows targets.

Parameters

Notes

Examples

- name: Find out what the remote machine's mounts are
  slurp:
    src: /proc/mounts
  register: mounts

- debug:
    msg: "{{ mounts['content'] | b64decode }}"

# From the commandline, find the pid of the remote machine's sshd
# $ ansible host -m slurp -a 'src=/var/run/sshd.pid'
# host | SUCCESS => {
#     "changed": false,
#     "content": "MjE3OQo=",
#     "encoding": "base64",
#     "source": "/var/run/sshd.pid"
# }
# $ echo MjE3OQo= | base64 -d
# 2179

Status

• This module is guaranteed to have no backward incompatible interface changes going forward. [stableinterface]
• This module is maintained by the Ansible Core Team. [core]

Red Hat Support

More information about Red Hat’s support of this module is available from this Red Hat Knowledge Base article.

Authors

• Ansible Core Team
• Michael DeHaan (@mpdehaan)