Ansible win_unzip Module: Extract ZIP Archives on Windows (Guide) — Video Tutorial

How to extract a ZIP compressed archive in Windows-like systems in Ansible? I'm going to show you a live Playbook and some simple Ansible code. I'm Luca Berton and welcome to today's episode of Ansible Pilot. Ansible extracts an archive in Windows-like systems - `community.windows.win_unzip` - Unzips compressed files and archives on the Windows node Today we're talking about the Ansible module `win_unzip`. The full name is `community.windows.win_unzip`, which means that is part of modules maintained by the community for Windows target hosts. It unzips compressed files and archives on the Windows node. It supports .zip files natively and can handle also other 7zip formats when combined with the Powershell Community Extensions (PSCX) module. For Linux targets, use the `ansible.builtin.unarchive` module. Parameters - src string - remote path - dest string - remote path - password string - password (require PSCX) - recurse boolean - no/yes - recursively expand zip files (require PSCX) The parameters of module `win_unzip`. The only mandatory parameters are "src" and "dest" which are the source and destination paths. The "src" is quite special because is supposed to be a remote path on Windows-like systems. The following two parameters require Powershell Community Extensions (PSCX) module. You could specify the encryption password to expand the archive in the "password" parameter. You could recursively expand zip files inside an archive enabling the "recurse" boolean. Links - [Ansible module win_unzip](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/windows/win_unzip_module.html) ## Playbook How to extract an archive in Windows-like systems with Ansible Playbook. code ```yaml --- - name: win_unzip module Playbook hosts: all become: false vars: mysrc: 'C:\Users\vagrant\Desktop\example.zip' mydest: 'C:\Users\vagrant\Desktop\output' tasks: - name: extract archive community.windows.win_unzip: src: "{{ mysrc }}" dest: "{{ mydest }}" ``` [code with ❤️ in GitHub](https://github.com/lucab85/ansible-pilot/) execution ```bash ansible-pilot $ ansible-playbook -i virtualmachines/win/inventory extract\ archive/win_file.yml PLAY [win_unzip module Playbook] *************************************************** TASK [Gathering Facts] ********************************************************* ok: [WindowsServer] TASK [extract archive] ********************************************************* changed: [WindowsServer] PLAY RECAP ********************************************************************* WindowsServer : ok=2 changed=1 unreachable=0 failed=0 skipped=0 rescued=0 ignored=0 ansible-pilot $ ``` NOT idempotent ```bash ansible-pilot $ ansible-playbook -i virtualmachines/win/inventory extract\ archive/win_file.yml PLAY [win_unzip module Playbook] *************************************************** TASK [Gathering Facts] ********************************************