ansible-hdfs_file

Ansible module that manipulates files and directories in hdfs using the CLI.

This module come from my company internal Ansible toolbox. Groupe Cyrès

We write a small article in french to explain the CLI choice. link

Contributor

• Antoine Pointeau
• Hadrien Puissant

Instruction

1. Copy the file ./libary/hdfs_file.py into the Ansible library folder. (located at: /etc/ansible/library dy default)

2. Copy the directory ./module_utils into the /etc/ansible folder.
   This directory is planed to be use in further Ansible versions

3. Create a synlink named cyres in the Ansible package module_utils folder pointing on the /etc/ansible/module_utils.
   If you installed Ansible in the linux default python2.7, try:

ln -s /etc/ansible/module_utils /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/module_utils/cyres

You can change the symlink name but you have to modify the import line 117 of ./library/hdfs_file.py

If you're not able to create this synlink copy the content of HdfsUtils.py at the beginning of hdfs_file.py and delete the import at the line 117

Usage

Examples:

- name: Create folder
  hdfs_file:
    path: /tmp/myfolder
    state: directory
    owner: myuser
    group: mygroup
    mode: 0755

- name: Delete the folder
  hdfs_file:
    path: /tmp/myfolder
    state: absent

- name: Create file
  hdfs_file:
    path: /tmp/myfile
    state: touch

More details in the file ./library/hdfs_files.py