file_copy

File put and get module

Synopsis

• Copy file over SCP/FTP to and from a Juniper device

Module-specific Options

The following options may be specified for this module:

parameter	type	required	default	choices	comments
action	str	yes		put, get	Type of operation to execute, currently only support get and put
checksum	bool	no	True		Validate the file using MD5 algorithm check
file	str	yes			Name of the file to copy to/from the remote device
local_dir	str	yes			path of the local directory where the file is located or needs to be copied to
protocol	str	no	scp	scp, ftp	Set the protocol to transfer the file
remote_dir	str	yes			path of the directory on the remote device where the file is located or needs to be copied to
transfer_filename	str	no			Name of the transfer file to copy to/from the remote device. If not specified, the value of file is used.

Examples

---
- name: Examples of juniper_device_file_copy
  hosts: all
  connection: local
  gather_facts: false
  tasks:
    - name: Copy a log file on a remote device locally
      juniper.device.file_copy:
        protocol: scp
        remote_dir: /var/log
        local_dir: /tmp
        action: get
        checksum: true
        file: log.txt
    - name: Copy a local file into /var/tmp on the remote device
      juniper.device.file_copy:
        protocol: ftp
        remote_dir: /var/tmp
        local_dir: /tmp
        action: put
        checksum: false
        file: license.txt
    - name: Copy a local file to the remote device with a different filename
      juniper.device.file_copy:
        protocol: scp
        remote_dir: /var/tmp
        local_dir: /tmp
        action: put
        file: license.txt
        transfer_filename: license_copy.txt

Author

• Juniper Networks - Dinesh Babu (@dineshbaburam91)

Status

This module is flagged as stableinterface which means that the maintainers for this module guarantee that no backward incompatible interface changes will be made.