ansible.builtin.get_url doesn't support redirects about ansible HOT 3 CLOSED

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• lib/ansible/modules/get_url.py

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This does not appear to be a bug in Ansible, and I do not believe that you have correctly identified your issue with this task. If the problem was that get_url wasn't following a redirect, the reported error would be the redirect (HTTP 302) rather than Forbidden (HTTP 403).

Rather, the problem appears to be that the remote server is actively denying the request. We can verify this by telling get_url to pretend that it is curl:

    - ansible.builtin.get_url:
        url: https://dev.mysql.com/get/mysql-apt-config_0.8.30-1_all.deb
        dest: /var/tmp/mysql_apt_config.deb
        http_agent: "curl/7.76.1"

Output:

TASK [ansible.builtin.get_url] *************************************************
task path: /home/ec2-user/test.yml:3
changed: [localhost] =>
    changed: true
    checksum_dest: null
    checksum_src: 22f6db31e861987519119b525d13798f8543987b
    dest: /var/tmp/mysql_apt_config.deb
    elapsed: 1
    gid: 0
    group: root
    md5sum: 830ae275a5fdc535f49f6f7c5e438816
    mode: '0644'
    msg: OK (18200 bytes)
    owner: root
    size: 18200
    src: /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-moduletmp-1718479939.304299-undowb77/tmpa9jc8ev1
    state: file
    status_code: 200
    uid: 0
    url: https://dev.mysql.com/get/mysql-apt-config_0.8.30-1_all.deb

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Interesting, my mistake, that wasn't something I thought about checking. I realised that I was getting permission denied but I have seen that behavior before with the URI module with follow redirects off.
I'll close the issue.

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