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| author | Matt Martz <matt@sivel.net> | 2016-01-22 09:59:38 -0600 |
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| committer | Matt Martz <matt@sivel.net> | 2016-01-22 11:29:35 -0600 |
| commit | 3f232beb0a669fd2bad75ec6c87a2227d986c5ce (patch) | |
| tree | ed04575b165f99313f917dc0a5e9563d2329b690 | |
| parent | 907b7f7cf4c97a720391a82eb65c2705a259614e (diff) | |
| download | ansible-modules-core-3f232beb0a669fd2bad75ec6c87a2227d986c5ce.tar.gz | |
Add note about precautions of using become with fetch. Addresses https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/14064
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diff --git a/files/fetch.py b/files/fetch.py index d0b1371c..4ca191b8 100644 --- a/files/fetch.py +++ b/files/fetch.py @@ -68,6 +68,13 @@ requirements: [] author: - "Ansible Core Team" - "Michael DeHaan" +notes: + - When running fetch with C(become), the M(slurp) module will also be + used to fetch the contents of the file for determining the remote + checksum. This effectively doubles the transfer size, and + depending on the file size can consume all available memory on the + remote or local hosts causing a C(MemoryError). Due to this it is + advisable to run this module without C(become) whenever possible. ''' EXAMPLES = ''' |