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Ansible win_unzip Module takes far to long

At our customer the Ansible module win_unzip takes for to long when executed. Our code is:

  - name: unzip zip package into C:\server\dlls 
    win_unzip:
      src: "{{app_path}}\\app_dll.zip"
      dest: "{{app_path}}\\dlls"
      rm: true

This step takes more than 10 minutes. The zip file is copied with win_copy in the direct step before, code is here:

  - name: copy zip package to C:\server
    win_copy:
      src: "path2zip.zip"
      dest: "{{app_path}}\\app_dll.zip"

The extraction successfully finishes, but it blocks our Pipeline for more than 10 minutes, which isn´t acceptable.

Solution

  • We reduced the time needed to unzip the package with the help of the Powershell Module Expand-Archive to nearly zero. Here is the code:

      - name: name: unzip zip package into C:\server\dlls 
    win_shell: "Expand-Archive {{app_path}}\\app_dll.zip -DestinationPath {{app_path}}\\dlls"

    Our pipeline is now fast again, but it would be nice to have a fast Ansible win_unzip Module!