# Ansible play freezes and never completes after copying part of the files using synchronize module **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [July 19, 2021, 1:49pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-play-freezes-and-never-completes-after-copying-part-of-the-files-using-synchronize-module/35519 "2021-07-19T13:49:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Easy\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c2a13f/32.png) [@Easy\_King](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Easy_King)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2021, 1:49pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-play-freezes-and-never-completes-after-copying-part-of-the-files-using-synchronize-module/35519/1 "2021-07-19T13:49:45Z")
Below is my playbook that helps transfer a set of files from remote source to local directory. - name: “Play 1.5” hosts: “{{ groups[‘dest\_nodes’] | default(groups[‘all’]) }}” serial: 1 gather\_facts: false vars: ansible\_host\_key\_checking: false ansible\_ssh\_extra\_args: -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o ConnectionAttempts=5 tasks: - find: paths: “{{ homedir.stdout\_lines[0] | trim }}” recurse: no file\_type: any hidden: yes patterns: - “(.\*txt)$” - “(._sh._)$” - “(._bash._)$” - “(._ksh._)$” - “(._profile._)$” use\_regex: yes register: to\_copy - debug: msg: “FOUNDDD {{ item.path}}” with\_items: “{{ to\_copy.files }}” - name: Copying from “{{ inventory\_hostname }}” to this ansible server. synchronize: src: “{{ item.path }}” dest: “{{ playbook\_dir }}/homedirbackup/{{ inventory\_hostname }}/{{ dtime }}/” mode: pull copy\_links: yes with\_items: - “{{ to\_copy.files }}” It copies a few files from remote to local directory “{{ playbook\_dir }}/homedirbackup/{{ inventory\_hostname }}/{{ dtime }}/” but then freezes midway and times-out i.e does not complete the transfer of all the files. The below output shows that it transferred two files /opt/oracle/checkservice.sh & /opt/oracle/stopservice.sh but froze / never returned while trying to transfer .profile.bak.configurevwsapi.2018.11.08-21.07.49 ESTABLISH LOCAL CONNECTION FOR USER: localuser EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘/usr/bin/python2 && sleep 0’ changed: [remotehost35] =\> (item={u’uid’: 600000014, u’woth’: False, u’mtime’: 1603787134.107684, u’inode’: 100717, u’isgid’: False, u’size’: 651, u’isuid’: False, u’isreg’: True, u’gid’: 63855, u’ischr’: False, u’wusr’: True, u’xoth’: False, u’rusr’: True, u’nlink’: 1, u’issock’: False, u’rgrp’: True, u’path’: u’/opt/oracle/checkservice.sh’, u’xusr’: True, u’atime’: 1626695687.6682055, u’isdir’: False, u’ctime’: 1603787134.108393, u’isblk’: False, u’wgrp’: False, u’xgrp’: False, u’dev’: 1301375156245, u’roth’: True, u’isfifo’: False, u’mode’: u’0744’, u’islnk’: False}) =\> { “changed”: true, “cmd”: “/bin/rsync --delay-updates -F --compress --copy-links --archive --rsh=/usr/share/centrifydc/bin/ssh -S none -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null --out-format=\<\>%i %n%L oracle@remotehost35:/opt/oracle/checkservice.sh /web/playbooks/automation/aesstartup/homedirbackup/remotehost35/2021-07-19-08-10-07/”, “invocation”: { “module\_args”: { “\_local\_rsync\_path”: “rsync”, “\_substitute\_controller”: false, “archive”: true, “checksum”: false, “compress”: true, “copy\_links”: true, “delete”: false, “dest”: “/web/playbooks/automation/aesstartup/homedirbackup/remotehost35/2021-07-19-08-10-07/”, “dest\_port”: null, “dirs”: false, “existing\_only”: false, “group”: null, “links”: null, “mode”: “pull”, “owner”: null, “partial”: false, “perms”: null, “private\_key”: null, “recursive”: null, “rsync\_opts”: null, “rsync\_path”: null, “rsync\_timeout”: 0, “set\_remote\_user”: true, “src”: “oracle@remotehost35:/opt/oracle/checkservice.sh”, “ssh\_args”: null, “times”: null, “verify\_host”: false } }, “item”: { “atime”: 1626695687.6682055, “ctime”: 1603787134.108393, “dev”: 1301375156245, “gid”: 63855, “inode”: 100717, “isblk”: false, “ischr”: false, “isdir”: false, “isfifo”: false, “isgid”: false, “islnk”: false, “isreg”: true, “issock”: false, “isuid”: false, “mode”: “0744”, “mtime”: 1603787134.107684, “nlink”: 1, “path”: “/opt/oracle/checkservice.sh”, “rgrp”: true, “roth”: true, “rusr”: true, “size”: 651, “uid”: 600000014, “wgrp”: false, “woth”: false, “wusr”: true, “xgrp”: false, “xoth”: false, “xusr”: true }, “msg”: “\>f+++++++++ checkservice.sh\n”, “rc”: 0, “stdout\_lines”: [ “\>f+++++++++ checkservice.sh” ] } Using module file /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/modules/files/synchronize.py ESTABLISH LOCAL CONNECTION FOR USER: localuser EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘/usr/bin/python2 && sleep 0’ changed: [remotehost35] =\> (item={u’uid’: 600000014, u’woth’: False, u’mtime’: 1603787257.2357972, u’inode’: 100721, u’isgid’: False, u’size’: 266, u’isuid’: False, u’isreg’: True, u’gid’: 63855, u’ischr’: False, u’wusr’: True, u’xoth’: False, u’rusr’: True, u’nlink’: 1, u’issock’: False, u’rgrp’: True, u’path’: u’/opt/oracle/stopservice.sh’, u’xusr’: True, u’atime’: 1626695689.0853248, u’isdir’: False, u’ctime’: 1603787257.236637, u’isblk’: False, u’wgrp’: False, u’xgrp’: False, u’dev’: 1301375156245, u’roth’: True, u’isfifo’: False, u’mode’: u’0744’, u’islnk’: False}) =\> { “changed”: true, “cmd”: “/bin/rsync --delay-updates -F --compress --copy-links --archive --rsh=/usr/share/centrifydc/bin/ssh -S none -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null --out-format=\<\>%i %n%L oracle@remotehost35:/opt/oracle/stopservice.sh /web/playbooks/automation/aesstartup/homedirbackup/remotehost35/2021-07-19-08-10-07/”, “invocation”: { “module\_args”: { “\_local\_rsync\_path”: “rsync”, “\_substitute\_controller”: false, “archive”: true, “checksum”: false, “compress”: true, “copy\_links”: true, “delete”: false, “dest”: “/web/playbooks/automation/aesstartup/homedirbackup/remotehost35/2021-07-19-08-10-07/”, “dest\_port”: null, “dirs”: false, “existing\_only”: false, “group”: null, “links”: null, “mode”: “pull”, “owner”: null, “partial”: false, “perms”: null, “private\_key”: null, “recursive”: null, “rsync\_opts”: null, “rsync\_path”: null, “rsync\_timeout”: 0, “set\_remote\_user”: true, “src”: “oracle@remotehost35:/opt/oracle/stopservice.sh”, “ssh\_args”: null, “times”: null, “verify\_host”: false } }, “item”: { “atime”: 1626695689.0853248, “ctime”: 1603787257.236637, “dev”: 1301375156245, “gid”: 63855, “inode”: 100721, “isblk”: false, “ischr”: false, “isdir”: false, “isfifo”: false, “isgid”: false, “islnk”: false, “isreg”: true, “issock”: false, “isuid”: false, “mode”: “0744”, “mtime”: 1603787257.2357972, “nlink”: 1, “path”: “/opt/oracle/stopservice.sh”, “rgrp”: true, “roth”: true, “rusr”: true, “size”: 266, “uid”: 600000014, “wgrp”: false, “woth”: false, “wusr”: true, “xgrp”: false, “xoth”: false, “xusr”: true }, “msg”: “\>f+++++++++ stopservice.sh\n”, “rc”: 0, “stdout\_lines”: [ “\>f+++++++++ stopservice.sh” ] } Using module file /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/modules/files/synchronize.py ESTABLISH LOCAL CONNECTION FOR USER: localuser EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘/usr/bin/python2 && sleep 0’ \<---- HANGS HERE and never returns ----\> Below are the listing of both the files of the remote host from where i m pulling them locally on my ansible host. oracle@remotehost35:~$ ls -ltraq /opt/oracle/checkservice.sh -rwxr–r-- 1 oracle oinstall 651 Oct 27 2020 /opt/oracle/checkservice.sh oracle@remotehost35:~$ ls -ltraq /opt/oracle/stopservice.sh -rwxr–r-- 1 oracle oinstall 266 Oct 27 2020 /opt/oracle/stopservice.sh Below is the file that did not get transferred and i guess (however, i m not sure) thats the file ansible was trying next to transfer. oracle@remotehost35:~$ ls -ltrqa .profile.bak.configurevwsapi.2018.11.08-21.07.49 -rw-r–r-- 1 oracle oinstall 2215 Nov 8 2018 .profile.bak.configurevwsapi.2018.11.08-21.07.49 Here is the stat of the file that did not get transferred and ansible froze ok: [remotehost35] =\> (item={u’uid’: 600000014, u’woth’: False, u’mtime’: 1541732869.0, u’inode’: 174300, u’isgid’: False, u’size’: 2215, u’isuid’: False, u’isreg’: True, u’gid’: 63855, u’ischr’: False, u’wusr’: True, u’xoth’: False, u’rusr’: True, u’nlink’: 1, u’issock’: False, u’rgrp’: True, u’path’: u’/opt/oracle/.profile.bak.configurevwsapi.2018.11.08-21.07.49’, u’xusr’: False, u’atime’: 1626044466.6511383, u’isdir’: False, u’ctime’: 1564193798.4474971, u’isblk’: False, u’wgrp’: False, u’xgrp’: False, u’dev’: 1301375156245, u’roth’: True, u’isfifo’: False, u’mode’: u’0644’, u’islnk’: False}) =\> { “changed”: false, “item”: { “atime”: 1626044466.6511383, “ctime”: 1564193798.4474971, “dev”: 1301375156245, “gid”: 63855, “inode”: 174300, “isblk”: false, “ischr”: false, “isdir”: false, “isfifo”: false, “isgid”: false, “islnk”: false, “isreg”: true, “issock”: false, “isuid”: false, “mode”: “0644”, “mtime”: 1541732869.0, “nlink”: 1, “path”: “/opt/oracle/.profile.bak.configurevwsapi.2018.11.08-21.07.49”, “rgrp”: true, “roth”: true, “rusr”: true, “size”: 2215, “uid”: 600000014, “wgrp”: false, “woth”: false, “wusr”: true, “xgrp”: false, “xoth”: false, “xusr”: false }, “msg”: “FOUNDDD /opt/oracle/.profile.bak.configurevwsapi.2018.11.08-21.07.49” } The above output is with debug level 4 -vvvv on ansible. Can you please suggest why the transfer freezes after a few iterations of the loop?