# Fetch from Windows Server 2012 Fails Silently? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Tags:** windows\ **Created:** [April 3, 2016, 4:42pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/fetch-from-windows-server-2012-fails-silently/21052 "2016-04-03T16:42:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jason\_Levitt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/779978/32.png) [@Jason\_Levitt](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jason_Levitt)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 4:42pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/fetch-from-windows-server-2012-fails-silently/21052/1 "2016-04-03T16:42:22Z")
I’m using the Ansible “fetch” module to fetch a file from the remote Windows Server machine, but the file never arrives on the control machine (works when Linux is the remote machine though) Configuration: Control machine: Ansible 2.01 running on Amazon Linux Target machine is Windows Server 2012R2 I’m trying to fetch a 70mbyte zip file using this code: ` - name: fetch deliverable fetch: src=“{{ topleveldir }}\ult\_{{ hostvars[‘localhost’][‘version’] }}_{{ hostvars[‘localhost’][‘soft’] }}_{{ hostvars[‘localhost’][‘target’] }}.zip” dest=/home/ec2-user/files flat=yes fail\_on\_missing=yes - name: Output the name of the archive debug: msg=“archive - ult\_{{ hostvars[‘localhost’][‘version’] }}_{{ hostvars[‘localhost’][‘soft’] }}_{{ hostvars[‘localhost’][‘target’] }}.zip” ` The output suggests that it succeeds, but the file never arrives on the control machine (when the target is a Linux server, the file arrives fine, btw). I’ve searched the entire control machine and can’t find the file. The file is on the target machine, though, at C:\apps\ult\_master\_noc\_win2012.zip Here is the output with the middle part (encoded file?) removed — any ideas what’s going on here? ` TASK [fetch deliverable] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* task path: /build\_scripts/build\_noc\_cust\_win.yml:204 \<52.36.54.12\> ESTABLISH WINRM CONNECTION FOR USER: Administrator on PORT 5986 TO 52.36.54.12 \<52.36.54.12\> WINRM CONNECT: transport=ssl endpoint=[https://52.36.54.12:5986/wsman](https://52.36.54.12:5986/wsman) \<52.36.54.12\> EXEC Set-StrictMode -Version Latest If (Test-Path -PathType Leaf “C:\apps\ult\_master\_noc\_win2012.zip”) { $sp = new-object -TypeName System.Security.Cryptography.SHA1CryptoServiceProvider; $fp = [System.IO.File]::Open(“C:\apps\ult\_master\_noc\_win2012.zip”, [System.IO.Filemode]::Open, [System.IO.FileAccess]::Read); [System.BitConverter]::ToString($sp.ComputeHash($fp)).Replace(“-”, “”).ToLower(); $fp.Dispose(); } ElseIf (Test-Path -PathType Container “C:\apps\ult\_master\_noc\_win2012.zip”) { Write-Host “3”; } Else { Write-Host “1”; } \<52.36.54.12\> WINRM OPEN SHELL: E5D85769-78F7-40DF-9A5F-B98304A49455 \<52.36.54.12\> WINRM EXEC u’PowerShell’ [u’-NoProfile’, u’-NonInteractive’, u’-ExecutionPolicy’, u’Unrestricted’, u’-EncodedCommand’, u’UwBlAHQALQBTAHQAcgBpAGMAdABNAG8AZABlACAALQBWAGUAcgBzAGkAbwBuACAATABhAHQAZQBzAHQACgBJAGYAIAAoAFQAZQBzAHQALQBQAGEAdABoACAALQBQAGEAdABoAFQAeQBwAGUAIABMAGUAYQBmACAAIgBDADoAXABjAGEAcABzAGUAbgB0AGEAXAB1AGwAdAByAGEAdwByAGEAcABfAG0AYQBzAHQAZQByAF8AbgBvAGUAdABsAF8AdwBpAG4AMgAwADEAMgAuAHoAaQBwACIAKQAKAHsACgAkAHMAcAAgAD0AIABuAGUAdwAtAG8AYgBqAGUAYwB0ACAALQBUAHkAcABlAE4AYQBtAGUAIABTAHkAcwB0AGUAbQAuAFMAZQBjAHUAcgBpAHQAeQAuAEMAcgB5AHAAdABvAGcAcgBhAHAAaAB5AC4AUwBIAEEAMQBDAHIAeQBwAHQAbwBTAGUAcgB2AGkAYwBlAFAAcgBvAHYAaQBkAGUAcgA7AAoAJABmAHAAIAA9ACAAWwBTAHkAcwB0AGUAbQAuAEkATwAuAEYAaQBsAGUAXQA6dABhAFwAdQBsAHQAcgBhAHcAcgBhAHAAXwBtAGEAcwB0AGUAcgBfAG4AbwBlAHQAbABfAHcAaQBuADIAMAAxADIALgB6AGkAcAAiACwAIABbAFMAeQBzAHQAZQBtAC4ASQBPAC4ARgBpAGwAZQBtAG8AZABlAF0AOgA6AE8AcABlAG4ALAAgAFsAUwB5AHMAdABlAG0ALgBJAE8ALgBGAGkAbABlAEEAYwBjAGUAcwBzAF0AOgA6AFIAZQBhAGQAKQA7AAoAWwBTAHkAcwB0AGUAbQAuAEIAaQB0AEMAbwBuAHYAZQByAHQAZQByAF0AOgA6AFQAbwBTAHQAcgBpAG4AZwAoACQAcwBwAC4AQwBvAG0AcAB1AHQAZQBIAGEAcwBoACgAJABmAHAAKQApAC4AUgBlAHAAbABhAGMAZQAoACIALQAiACwAIAAiACIAKQAuAFQAbwBMAG8AdwBlAHIAKAApADsACgAkAGYAcAAuAEQAaQBzAHAAbwBzAGUAKAApADsACgB9AAoARQBsAAAXwBtAGEAcwB0AGUAcgBfAG4AbwBlAHQAbABfAHcAaQBuADIAMAAxADIALgB6AGkAcAAiACkACgB7AAoAVwByAGkAdABlAC0ASABvAHMAdAAgACIAMwAiADsACgB9AAoARQBsAHMAZQAKAHsACgBXAHIAaQB0AGUALQBIAG8AcwB0ACAAIgAxACIAOwAKAH0A’] \<52.36.54.12\> WINRM RESULT u’\’ \<52.36.54.12\> WINRM STDOUT 22d5bc624a1e6d0ce1162a60ab04f49c70ac3dc8 \<52.36.54.12\> WINRM STDERR \<52.36.54.12\> FETCH “C:\apps\ult\_master\_noc\_win2012.zip” TO “/home/ec2-user/files” \<52.36.54.12\> WINRM FETCH “C:\apps\ult\_master\_noc\_win2012.zip” to “/home/ec2-user/files” (offset=0) \<52.36.54.12\> WINRM EXEC ‘PowerShell’ [‘-NoProfile’, ‘-NonInteractive’, ‘-ExecutionPolicy’, ‘Unrestricted’, ‘-EncodedCommand’, ‘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’] \<52.36.54.12\> WINRM RESULT u’\’ \<52.36.54.12\> WINRM STDOUT [Long encoded part deleted] \<52.36.54.12\> WINRM STDERR \<52.36.54.12\> WINRM CLOSE SHELL: E5D85769-78F7-40DF-9A5F-B98304A49455 changed: [52.36.10.20] =\> {“changed”: true, “checksum”: null, “dest”: “/home/ec2-user/files”, “invocation”: {“module\_args”: {“dest”: “/home/ec2-user/files”, “fail\_on\_missing”: “yes”, “flat”: “yes”, “src”: “C:\apps\ult\_master\_noc\_win2012.zip”}, “module\_name”: “fetch”}, “md5sum”: null, “remote\_checksum”: “22d5bc624a1e6d0ce1162a60ab04f49c70ac3dc8”, “remote\_md5sum”: null} ```auto TASK [Output the name of the archive] ****************************************** task path: /build_scripts/build_noetl_cust_win.yml:208 ok: [52.36.10.20] => { "msg": "archive - ult_master_noc_win2012.zip" } ``` ` ---
**Author:** ![j.r.hawkesworth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a3d4f5/32.png) [@j.r.hawkesworth](https://forum.ansible.com/u/j.r.hawkesworth)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2016, 9:57am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/fetch-from-windows-server-2012-fails-silently/21052/2 "2016-04-10T09:57:07Z")
I can’t see anything wrong with what you have got here so could you create a simplified reproducer and log a bug report? Many thanks, Jon ---
**Author:** ![j.r.hawkesworth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a3d4f5/32.png) [@j.r.hawkesworth](https://forum.ansible.com/u/j.r.hawkesworth)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2016, 10:02am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/fetch-from-windows-server-2012-fails-silently/21052/3 "2016-04-10T10:02:41Z")
Ah, sorry, you already did… [https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/issues/3375](https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/issues/3375)