I'm using an Ansible role from Ansible Galaxy which downloads some software from the Internet and then installs it. It uses the get_url module to do that.
The problem is that I am working behind a corporate proxy that will first download the software and then send it to the Ansible playbook running. It causes get_url to hit its default timeout of 10s. It is working fine if I increase the timeout.
As I'm using a third party role, I don't want to modify it and was wondering if there was any way to increase the get_url timeout at the playbook level instead.
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Renaud Martinet
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You can set proxy globally via environment, but not timeout.
As a workaround, you can make custom action plugin to decorate get_url calls.
It can overwrite timeout parameter with increased value instead of default 10.
I've posted example of this technique for setup module here.
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Konstantin Suvorov
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For now I went with a wrapper role that plays the get_url task before the third-party role gets called. But your solution looks way cleaner as it can be used for all instances of get_url and be kept out of source control so it is only used as fix on my environment. I'll give it a try and accept your answer if it works. Thanks anyway! – Renaud Martinet Feb 02 '17 at 21:10
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WIll it set proxy for all modules like `win_chocolatey`? – mvorisek Jun 16 '19 at 10:48
