Downloading external resources degrades performance

[pemsith]

Environment

• CentOS stream 9

Issue details

Tasks that directly download resources from external sources during runtime (e.g., get_url) causes high memory usage. This issue is particularly noticeable in environments with large-scale deployments or limited system resources. the below file has this issue and we would like to get it resolved.

/Meza1/src/playbooks/elasticsearch-upgrade.yml
--- - name: Download Elasticsearch version
get_url: url=https://download.elasticsearch.org/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-{{ es_version }}.deb dest=/tmp/elasticsearch-{{ es_version }}.deb ---

Expected behavior
The playbook should avoid fetching resources directly from external URLs to prevent high memory usage. Instead:

• Pre-fetch the required resources to a control machine or staging area ahead of deployment.
• Use local copies or mirrors for fetching files.
• This approach would reduce memory usage and improve the performance and reliability of deployments.