From eefc8f99e237fd41795c85b67afb4ec2c563b575 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vlad Raducanu <vlad.raducanu@outlook.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2021 12:58:06 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Added a new playbook which copies logs files to local
 machine. Works on Linux machines which use /var/log/ as the log file location

---
 home_linux/get_all_logs.yml | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 home_linux/get_all_logs.yml

diff --git a/home_linux/get_all_logs.yml b/home_linux/get_all_logs.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..55b5dd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/home_linux/get_all_logs.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+---
+- name: Copy the contents of the "/var/log" folder to the Ansible controller
+  hosts: all
+  roles:
+    - common
+  become: yes
+
+  tasks:
+
+  - name: Generate the list of files to be copied
+    shell: "cd /var/log; find . -maxdepth 1 -type f | cut -d'/' -f2"
+    register: files_to_copy
+
+  - name: Copy the log files
+    fetch:
+      src: /var/log/{{ item }}
+      dest: /mnt/c/Ansible/fetched_logs
+    with_items: "{{ files_to_copy.stdout_lines }}"
+
+
+