file_from_remote_source

Ensure that a file or directory is copied from a policy server.

⚙️ Compatible targets: Linux

Parameters

Name	Documentation
source	Source file (absolute path on the policy server). This parameter is required.
path	Destination file (absolute path on the target node). This parameter is required.

Outcome conditions

You need to replace ${path} with its actual canonified value.

✅ Ok: file_from_remote_source_${path}_ok
- ☑️ Already compliant: file_from_remote_source_${path}_kept
- 🟨 Repaired: file_from_remote_source_${path}_repaired
❌ Error: file_from_remote_source_${path}_error

Example

method: file_from_remote_source
params:
  source: VALUE
  path: VALUE

Note: This method uses the agent native file copy protocol, and can only download files from the policy server. To download a file from an external source, you can use HTTP with the file_download method.

This method requires that the policy server is configured to accept copy of the source file from the agents it will be applied to.

You can download a file from the shared files with:

/var/rudder/configuration-repository/shared-files/PATH_TO_YOUR_FILE

Rudder techniques