Ansible Playbook To Download _best_ Artifacts From Artifactory May 2026

- name: Download Maven Artifact hosts: target_servers tasks: - name: Pull latest version of app community.general.maven_artifact: group_id: com.mycompany artifact_id: app-backend version: latest extension: war repository_url: "https://example.com" username: "{{ artifactory_user }}" password: "{{ artifactory_api_key }}" dest: "/var/lib/tomcat/webapps/app.war" Use code with caution. :

- name: Download Artifact from Artifactory hosts: target_servers vars: artifactory_url: "https://example.com" dest_path: "/opt/app/app.jar" artifactory_user: "admin" artifactory_api_key: "{{ vault_artifactory_api_key }}" tasks: - name: Download the JAR file ansible.builtin.get_url: url: "{{ artifactory_url }}" dest: "{{ dest_path }}" url_username: "{{ artifactory_user }}" url_password: "{{ artifactory_api_key }}" mode: '0644' force: yes checksum: "sha256:https://example.com.sha256" Use code with caution. : url : The full path to the artifact. ansible playbook to download artifacts from artifactory

: For better security, use an Artifactory API Key instead of a raw password. - name: Download Maven Artifact hosts: target_servers tasks:

Depending on your artifact type and repository layout, you can use either the generic get_url module or the specialized maven_artifact module. Method 1: Using the ansible.builtin.get_url Module : For better security, use an Artifactory API

: If you are downloading to a Windows host, use the specialized ansible.windows.win_get_url module instead.

The get_url module is the most versatile way to download any file (JAR, WAR, ZIP, TAR) from a direct Artifactory URL. It supports Basic Authentication and checksum verification. Example Playbook

: The get_url module is naturally idempotent; it will only download the file if it is missing or if the remote version differs from the local one.