Ansible playbook to wget a file

Question

I'm trying to wget a file using an Ansible playbook. 

My playbook:

- hosts: all

  sudo: true

  tasks:

  - name: Prepare Install folder

    sudo: true

    action: shell sudo mkdir -p /tmp/my_install/mysql/ && cd /tmp/my_install/mysql/

  - name: Download MySql

    sudo: true

    action: shell sudo wget http://{{ repo_host }}/MySQL-5.6.15-1.el6.x86_64.rpm-bundle.tar

I get an error when I execute the following error:

ansible-playbook my_3rparties.yml -l vsrv644 --extra-vars "repo_host=vsrv656" -K -f 10 

error:

Cannot write to `MySQL-5.6.15-1.el6.x86_64.rpm-bundle.tar' (Permission denied).

FATAL: all hosts have already failed -- aborting

PLAY RECAP ******************************************************************** 

           to retry, use: --limit @/usr2/ihazan/vufroria_3rparties.retry

vsrv644                : ok=2 changed=1 unreachable=0    failed=1  

Why do I get this error and how do I solve it?

Answer 1

It is recommended not to use the shell module when you have the specialized module available.

So what you can do in this case is, create directories using the file module:

- name: create project directory {{ common.project_dir }}

  file: state=directory path={{ common.project_dir }}

You can download files with the get_url module below is code for the same:

- name: download sources

  get_url: url={{ opencv.url }} dest={{ common.project_dir }}/{{ opencv.file }}