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<div class="section" id="ansible-modules">
<h1>Ansible Modules<a class="headerlink" href="#ansible-modules" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h1>
<p>Ansible ships with a number of modules (called the &#8216;module library&#8217;)
that can be executed directly on remote hosts or through <a class="reference internal" href="playbooks.html"><em>Playbooks</em></a>.
Users can also write their own modules. These modules can control system
resources, like services, packages, or files (anything really), or
handle executing system commands.</p>
<p>Let&#8217;s review how we execute three different modules from the command line:</p>
<div class="highlight-python"><pre>ansible webservers -m service -a "name=httpd state=running"
ansible webservers -m ping
ansible webservers -m command -a "/sbin/reboot -t now"</pre>
</div>
<p>Each module supports taking arguments. Nearly all modules take <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">key=value</span></tt>
arguments, space delimited. Some modules take
no arguments, and the command/shell modules simply take the string
of the command you want to run.</p>
<p>From playbooks, Ansible modules are executed in a very similar way:</p>
<div class="highlight-python"><pre>- name: reboot the servers
action: command /sbin/reboot -t now</pre>
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<p>All modules technically return JSON format data, though if you are using the
command line or playbooks, you don&#8217;t really need to know much about
that. If you&#8217;re writing your own module, you care, and this means you do
not have to write modules in any particular language &#8211; you get tho choose.</p>
<p>Most modules other than command are <cite>idempotent</cite>, meaning they will seek
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to avoid changes to the system unless a change needs to be made. When using Ansible
playbooks, these modules can trigger &#8216;change events&#8217;. Unless otherwise
noted, any given module does support change hooks.</p>
<p>Let&#8217;s see what&#8217;s available in the Ansible module library, out of the box:</p>
<div class="section" id="apt">
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<span id="id1"></span><h2>apt<a class="headerlink" href="#apt" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>Manages apt-packages (such as for Debian/Ubuntu).</p>
<p><em>pkg</em>:</p>
<ul class="simple">
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<li>A package name or package specifier with version, like foo=1.0</li>
</ul>
<p><em>state</em>:</p>
<ul class="simple">
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<li>Can be either &#8216;installed&#8217;, &#8216;removed&#8217;, or &#8216;latest&#8217;. The default is &#8216;installed&#8217;.</li>
</ul>
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<p><em>update-cache</em>:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li>Whether apt cache must be updated prior operation. Optional, and can be
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&#8216;yes&#8217;, or &#8216;no&#8217;. The default is &#8216;no&#8217;. This can be done as the part of a
package operation or as a seperate step.</li>
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</ul>
<p><em>purge</em>:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li>Will force purge of configuration file for when ensure is set to &#8216;removed&#8217;.
Defaults to &#8216;no&#8217;.</li>
</ul>
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<p><em>default-release</em>:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li>Corresponds to the -t option for apt, and sets pin priorities</li>
</ul>
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<p>Example action from Ansible <a class="reference internal" href="playbooks.html"><em>Playbooks</em></a>:</p>
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<div class="highlight-python"><pre>apt pkg=foo update-cache=yes
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apt pkg=foo state=removed
apt pkg=foo state=installed
apt pkg=foo=1.00 state=installed
apt pkg=nginx state=latest default-release=squeeze-backports update-cache=yes</pre>
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<p>NOTE: the apt module cannot currently request installation of a specific software version, as the yum
module can. This should be available in a future release.</p>
</div>
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<div class="section" id="command">
<span id="id2"></span><h2>command<a class="headerlink" href="#command" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>The command module takes the command name followed by a list of
arguments, space delimited.</p>
<p>If you want to run a command through the shell (say you are using
&#8216;&lt;&#8217;, &#8216;&gt;&#8217;, &#8216;|&#8217;, etc), you actually want the &#8216;shell&#8217; module instead.
The &#8216;command&#8217; module is much more secure as it&#8217;s not affected by the user&#8217;s environment.</p>
<p>The given command will be executed on all selected nodes. It will not
be processed through the shell, so variables like &#8220;$HOME&#8221; and
operations like &#8220;&lt;&#8221;, &#8220;&gt;&#8221;, &#8220;|&#8221;, and &#8220;&amp;&#8221; will not work. As such, all
paths to commands must be fully qualified.</p>
<p>This module does not support change hooks and returns the return code
from the program as well as timing information about how long the
command was running for.</p>
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<p>Example action from Ansible <a class="reference internal" href="playbooks.html"><em>Playbooks</em></a>:</p>
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<div class="highlight-python"><pre>command /sbin/shutdown -t now</pre>
</div>
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<p>If you only want to run a command if a certain file does not exist, you can do the
following:</p>
<div class="highlight-python"><pre>command /usr/bin/make_database.sh arg1 arg2 creates=/path/to/database</pre>
</div>
<p>The <cite>creates=</cite> option will not be passed to the executable.</p>
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<div class="section" id="copy">
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<span id="id3"></span><h2>copy<a class="headerlink" href="#copy" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>The copy module moves a file on the local box to remote locations. In addition to the options
listed below, the arguments available to the <cite>file</cite> module can also be passed to the copy
module.</p>
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<p><em>src</em>:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li>Local path to a file to copy to the remote server. This can be an
absolute or relative path.</li>
</ul>
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<p><em>dest</em>:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li>Remote absolute path where the file should end up.</li>
</ul>
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<p>This module also returns md5sum information about the resultant file.</p>
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<p>Example action from Ansible <a class="reference internal" href="playbooks.html"><em>Playbooks</em></a>:</p>
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<div class="highlight-python"><pre>copy src=/srv/myfiles/foo.conf dest=/etc/foo.conf owner=foo group=foo mode=0644</pre>
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<div class="section" id="facter">
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<span id="id4"></span><h2>facter<a class="headerlink" href="#facter" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
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<p>Runs the discovery program &#8216;facter&#8217; on the remote system, returning
JSON data that can be useful for inventory purposes.</p>
<p>Requires that &#8216;facter&#8217; and &#8216;ruby-json&#8217; be installed on the remote end.</p>
<p>This module is informative only - it takes no parameters &amp; does not
support change hooks, nor does it make any changes on the system.
Playbooks do not actually use this module, they use the <a class="reference internal" href="#setup"><em>setup</em></a>
module behind the scenes.</p>
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<div class="section" id="fetch">
<h2>fetch<a class="headerlink" href="#fetch" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>This module works like &#8216;copy&#8217;, but in reverse. It is used for fetching files
from remote machines and storing them locally in a file tree, organized by hostname.</p>
<p><em>src</em>:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li>The file on the remote system to fetch. This needs to be a file, not a directory. Recursive fetching may be supported later.</li>
</ul>
<p><em>dest</em>:</p>
<ul class="simple">
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<li>A directory to save the file into. For example, if the &#8216;dest&#8217; directory is &#8216;/foo&#8217;, a src file named &#8216;/tmp/bar&#8217; on host &#8216;host.example.com&#8217;, would be saved into &#8216;/foo/host.example.com/tmp/bar&#8217; (in Ansible 0.0.3 and later).</li>
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</ul>
<p>The fetch module is a useful way to gather log files from remote systems. If you require
fetching multiple files from remote systems, you may wish to execute a tar command and
then fetch the tarball.</p>
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<p>Example:</p>
<div class="highlight-python"><pre>fetch src=/var/log/messages dest=/home/logtree</pre>
</div>
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<div class="section" id="file">
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<h2>file<a class="headerlink" href="#file" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
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<p>Sets attributes of files, symlinks, and directories, or removes files/symlinks/directories.
All parameters available to the file module are also available when running the <cite>copy</cite> or
<cite>template</cite> modules.</p>
<p><em>dest</em>:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li>absolute path to a file on the filesystem.</li>
</ul>
<p><em>state</em>:</p>
<ul class="simple">
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<li>either &#8216;file&#8217;, &#8216;link&#8217;, &#8216;directory&#8217;, or &#8216;absent&#8217;. The default is &#8216;file&#8217;. If &#8216;directory&#8217;, the directory and all immediate subdirectories will be created if they do not exist. If &#8216;file&#8217;, the file will NOT be created if it does not exist, specify <cite>copy</cite> or <cite>template</cite> for the module name instead if you need to put content at the specified location. If &#8216;link&#8217;, the symbolic link will be created or changed. If &#8216;absent&#8217;, directories will be recursively deleted, and files or symlinks will be unlinked.</li>
</ul>
<p><em>mode</em>:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li>the mode the file or directory should be, such as 644, as would be given to <cite>chmod</cite>. English modes like &#8220;g+x&#8221; are not yet supported.</li>
</ul>
<p><em>owner</em>:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li>name of user that should own the file or directory, as would be given to <cite>chown</cite>.</li>
</ul>
<p><em>group</em>:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li>name of group that should own the file or directory, as would be given to <cite>chgrp</cite></li>
</ul>
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<p><em>src</em>:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li>path of the file to link to (applies only to &#8216;link&#8217; state)</li>
</ul>
<p><em>dest</em>:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li>location where the symlink will be created for &#8216;link&#8217; state, also an alias for &#8216;path&#8217;.</li>
</ul>
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<p><em>seuser</em>:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li>&#8216;user&#8217; part of SELinux file context. Will default to what is provided by system policy, if available. Only used on systems with SELinux present.</li>
</ul>
<p><em>serole</em>:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li>&#8216;role&#8217; part of SELinux file context. Will default to what is provided by system policy, if available. Only used on systems with SELinux present.</li>
</ul>
<p><em>setype</em>:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li>&#8216;type&#8217; part of SELinux file context. Will default to what is provided by system policy, if available. Only used on systems with SELinux present.</li>
</ul>
<p><em>selevel</em>:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li>&#8216;level&#8217; part of SELinux file context. This is the MLS and MCS attribute of the file context. It defaults to &#8216;s0&#8217;. Only used only used on hosts with SELinux present.</li>
</ul>
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<p><em>context</em>:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li>accepts only &#8216;default&#8217; as value. This will restore a file&#8217;s selinux context to the default context in the policy. Does nothing if no default is available.</li>
</ul>
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<p>Example action from Ansible <a class="reference internal" href="playbooks.html"><em>Playbooks</em></a>:</p>
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<div class="highlight-python"><pre>file path=/etc/foo.conf owner=foo group=foo mode=0644
file path=/some/path owner=foo group=foo state=directory
file path=/path/to/delete state=absent
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file src=/file/to/link/to dest=/path/to/symlink owner=foo group=foo state=link
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file path=/some/path state=directory setype=httpd_sys_content_t
file path=/some/path state=directory context=default</pre>
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<span id="id5"></span><h2>git<a class="headerlink" href="#git" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
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<p>Deploys software (or files) from git checkouts.</p>
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<p><em>repo</em>:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li>git or http protocol address of the repo to checkout.</li>
</ul>
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<p><em>dest</em>:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li>Where to check it out, an absolute directory path.</li>
</ul>
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<p><em>version</em>:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li>What version to check out &#8211; either the git SHA, the literal string
<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">HEAD</span></tt>, or a tag name.</li>
</ul>
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<p>Example action from Ansible <a class="reference internal" href="playbooks.html"><em>Playbooks</em></a>:</p>
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<div class="highlight-python"><pre>git repo=git://foosball.example.org/path/to/repo.git dest=/srv/checkout version=release-0.22</pre>
</div>
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<span id="id6"></span><h2>group<a class="headerlink" href="#group" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>Adds or removes groups.</p>
<p><em>name</em>:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li>name of the group</li>
</ul>
<p><em>gid</em>:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li>optional gid to set for the group</li>
</ul>
<p><em>state</em>:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li>either &#8216;absent&#8217;, or &#8216;present&#8217;. &#8216;present&#8217; is the default.</li>
</ul>
<p>To control members of the group, see the users resource.</p>
<p>Example action from Ansible <a class="reference internal" href="playbooks.html"><em>Playbooks</em></a>:</p>
<div class="highlight-python"><pre>group name=somegroup state=present</pre>
</div>
</div>
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<div class="section" id="ohai">
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<span id="id7"></span><h2>ohai<a class="headerlink" href="#ohai" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>Similar to the <a class="reference internal" href="#facter"><em>facter</em></a> module, this returns JSON inventory data.
Ohai data is a bit more verbose and nested than facter.</p>
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<p>Requires that &#8216;ohai&#8217; be installed on the remote end.</p>
<p>This module is information only - it takes no parameters &amp; does not
support change hooks, nor does it make any changes on the system.</p>
<p>Playbooks should not call the ohai module, playbooks call the
<a class="reference internal" href="#setup"><em>setup</em></a> module behind the scenes instead.</p>
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</div>
<div class="section" id="ping">
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<span id="id8"></span><h2>ping<a class="headerlink" href="#ping" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>A trivial test module, this module always returns the integer <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">1</span></tt> on
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successful contact.</p>
<p>This module does not support change hooks and is informative only - it
takes no parameters &amp; does not support change hooks, nor does it make
any changes on the system.</p>
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</div>
<div class="section" id="service">
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<span id="id9"></span><h2>service<a class="headerlink" href="#service" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
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<p>Controls services on remote machines.</p>
<p><em>state</em>:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li>Values are <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">started</span></tt>, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">stopped</span></tt>, or <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">restarted</span></tt>.
Started/stopped are idempotent actions that will not run commands
unless necessary. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">restarted</span></tt> will always bounce the service.</li>
</ul>
<p><em>name</em>:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li>The name of the service.</li>
</ul>
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<p>Example action from Ansible <a class="reference internal" href="playbooks.html"><em>Playbooks</em></a>:</p>
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<div class="highlight-python"><pre>service name=httpd state=started
service name=httpd state=stopped
service name=httpd state=restarted</pre>
</div>
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</div>
<div class="section" id="setup">
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<span id="id10"></span><h2>setup<a class="headerlink" href="#setup" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
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<p>Writes a JSON file containing key/value data, for use in templating.
Call this once before using the <a class="reference internal" href="#template"><em>template</em></a> module. Playbooks
will execute this module automatically as the first step in each play
using the variables section, so it is unnecessary to make explicit
calls to setup within a playbook.</p>
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<p>Ansible provides may &#8216;facts&#8217; about the system, automatically.</p>
<p>Some of the variables that are supplied are listed below. These in particular
are from a VMWare Fusion 4 VM running CentOS 6.2:</p>
<div class="highlight-python"><pre>"ansible_architecture": "x86_64",
"ansible_distribution": "CentOS",
"ansible_distribution_release": "Final",
"ansible_distribution_version": "6.2",
"ansible_eth0": {
"ipv4": {
"address": "REDACTED",
"netmask": "255.255.255.0"
},
"ipv6": [
{
"address": "REDACTED",
"prefix": "64",
"scope": "link"
}
],
"macaddress": "REDACTED"
},
"ansible_form_factor": "Other",
"ansible_fqdn": "localhost.localdomain",
"ansible_hostname": "localhost",
"ansible_interfaces": [
"lo",
"eth0"
],
"ansible_kernel": "2.6.32-220.2.1.el6.x86_64",
"ansible_lo": {
"ipv4": {
"address": "127.0.0.1",
"netmask": "255.0.0.0"
},
"ipv6": [
{
"address": "::1",
"prefix": "128",
"scope": "host"
}
],
"ansible_machine": "x86_64",
"ansible_memfree_mb": 89,
"ansible_memtotal_mb": 993,
"ansible_processor": [
"Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2677M CPU @ 1.80GHz"
],
"ansible_processor_cores": "NA",
"ansible_processor_count": 1,
"ansible_product_name": "VMware Virtual Platform",
"ansible_product_serial": "REDACTED",
"ansible_product_uuid": "REDACTED",
"ansible_product_version": "None",
"ansible_python_version": "2.6.6",
"ansible_product_version": "None",
"ansible_python_version": "2.6.6",
"ansible_ssh_host_key_dsa_public": REDACTED",
"ansible_ssh_host_key_rsa_public": "REDACTED",
"ansible_swapfree_mb": 1822,
"ansible_swaptotal_mb": 2015,
"ansible_system": "Linux",
"ansible_system_vendor": "VMware, Inc.",
"ansible_virtualization_role": "None",
"ansible_virtualization_type": "None",</pre>
</div>
<p>More ansible facts will be added with successive releases.</p>
<p>If facter or ohai are installed, variables from these programs will
also be snapshotted into the JSON file for usage in templating. These
variables are prefixed with <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">facter_</span></tt> and <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">ohai_</span></tt> so it&#8217;s easy to
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tell their source.</p>
<p>All variables are bubbled up to the caller. Using the ansible facts and chosing
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to not install facter and ohai means you can avoid ruby-dependencies
on your remote systems.</p>
<p><em>anything</em>:</p>
<blockquote>
<div><ul class="simple">
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<li>Any other parameters can be named basically anything, and set a <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">key=value</span></tt> pair in the JSON file for use in templating.</li>
</ul>
</div></blockquote>
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<p>Example action from Ansible <a class="reference internal" href="playbooks.html"><em>Playbooks</em></a>:</p>
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<div class="highlight-python"><pre>vars:
ntpserver: 'ntp.example.com'
xyz: 1234</pre>
</div>
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<p>Example action from <cite>/usr/bin/ansible</cite>:</p>
<div class="highlight-python"><pre>ansible all -m setup -a "ntpserver=ntp.example.com xyz=1234"</pre>
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</div>
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</div>
<div class="section" id="shell">
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<span id="id11"></span><h2>shell<a class="headerlink" href="#shell" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>The shell module takes the command name followed by a list of
arguments, space delimited. It is almost exactly like the command module
but runs the command through the shell rather than directly.</p>
<p>The given command will be executed on all selected nodes.</p>
<p>If you want to execute a command securely and predicably, it may
be better to use the &#8216;command&#8217; module instead. Best practices
when writing playbooks will follow the trend of using &#8216;command&#8217;
unless &#8216;shell&#8217; is explicitly required. When running ad-hoc commands,
use your best judgement.</p>
<p>This module does not support change hooks and returns the return code
from the program as well as timing information about how long the
command was running for.</p>
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<p>Example action from a playbook:</p>
<div class="highlight-python"><pre>shell somescript.sh &gt;&gt; somelog.txt</pre>
</div>
</div>
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<div class="section" id="template">
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<span id="id12"></span><h2>template<a class="headerlink" href="#template" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>Templates a file out to a remote server. Call the <a class="reference internal" href="#setup"><em>setup</em></a> module
prior to usage if you are not running from a playbook. In addition to the options
listed below, the arguments available to the <cite>file</cite> module can also be passed to the copy
module.</p>
<p><em>src</em>:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li>Path of a Jinja2 formatted template on the local server. This can
be a relative or absolute path.</li>
</ul>
<p><em>dest</em>:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li>Location to render the template on the remote server.</li>
</ul>
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<p>This module also returns md5sum information about the resultant file.</p>
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<p>Example action from a playbook:</p>
<div class="highlight-python"><pre>template src=/srv/mytemplates/foo.j2 dest=/etc/foo.conf owner=foo group=foo mode=0644</pre>
</div>
</div>
<div class="section" id="user">
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<span id="id13"></span><h2>user<a class="headerlink" href="#user" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
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<p>Creates user accounts, manipulates existing user accounts, and removes user accounts.</p>
<p><em>name</em>:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li>Name of the user to create, remove, or edit</li>
</ul>
<p><em>comment</em>:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li>Optionally sets the description of the user</li>
</ul>
<p><em>group</em>:</p>
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<ul class="simple">
<li>Optionally sets the user&#8217;s primary group, takes a group name.</li>
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</ul>
<p><em>groups</em>:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li>Put the user in the specified groups, takes comma delimited group names.</li>
</ul>
<p><em>append</em>:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li>If true, will only add additional groups to the user listed in &#8216;groups&#8217;, rather than making the user only be in those specified groups.</li>
</ul>
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<p><em>shell</em>:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li>Optionally sets the user&#8217;s shell.</li>
</ul>
<p><em>createhome</em>:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li>Whether to create the user&#8217;s home directory. Takes &#8216;yes&#8217;, or &#8216;no&#8217;. The default is &#8216;yes&#8217;.</li>
</ul>
<p><em>password</em>:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li>Sets the user&#8217;s password to this crypted value. Pass in a result from crypt. See the users example in the github examples directory for what this looks like in a playbook.</li>
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</ul>
<p><em>state</em>:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li>Defaults to &#8216;present&#8217;. When &#8216;absent&#8217;, the user account will be removed if present. Optionally additional removal behaviors can be set with the &#8216;force&#8217; or &#8216;remove&#8217; parameter values (see below).</li>
</ul>
<p><em>force</em>:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li>When used with a state of &#8216;absent&#8217;, the behavior denoted in the &#8216;userdel&#8217; manpage for &#8211;force is also used when removing the user. Value is &#8216;yes&#8217; or &#8216;no&#8217;, default is &#8216;no&#8217;.</li>
</ul>
<p><em>remove</em>:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li>When used with a state of &#8216;absent&#8217;, the behavior denoted in the &#8216;userdel&#8217; manpage for &#8211;remove is also used when removing the user. Value is &#8216;yes&#8217; or &#8216;no&#8217;, default is &#8216;no&#8217;.</li>
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</ul>
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<p>Example action from Ansible <a class="reference internal" href="playbooks.html"><em>Playbooks</em></a>:</p>
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<div class="highlight-python"><pre>user name=mdehaan comment=awesome passwd=awWxVV.JvmdHw createhome=yes
user name=mdehaan groups=wheel,skynet
user name=mdehaan state=absent force=yes</pre>
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</div>
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</div>
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<div class="section" id="virt">
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<span id="id14"></span><h2>virt<a class="headerlink" href="#virt" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
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<p>Manages virtual machines supported by libvirt. Requires that libvirt be installed
on the managed machine.</p>
<p><em>guest</em>:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li>The name of the guest VM being managed</li>
</ul>
<p><em>state</em></p>
<ul class="simple">
<li>Desired state of the VM. Either <cite>running</cite>, <cite>shutdown</cite>, <cite>destroyed</cite>, or <cite>undefined</cite>. Note that there may be some lag for state requests like &#8216;shutdown&#8217;, and these states only refer to the virtual machine states. After starting a guest, the guest OS may not be immediately accessible.</li>
</ul>
<p><em>command</em>:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li>In addition to state management, various non-idempotent commands are available for API and script usage (but don&#8217;t make much sense in a playbook). These mostly return information, though some also affect state. See examples below.</li>
</ul>
<p>Example action from Ansible <a class="reference internal" href="playbooks.html"><em>Playbooks</em></a>:</p>
<div class="highlight-python"><pre>virt guest=alpha state=running
virt guest=alpha state=shutdown
virt guest=alpha state=destroyed
virt guest=alpha state=undefined</pre>
</div>
<p>Example guest management commands from /usr/bin/ansible:</p>
<div class="highlight-python"><pre>ansible host -m virt -a "guest=foo command=status"
ansible host -m virt -a "guest=foo command=pause"
ansible host -m virt -a "guest=foo command=unpause"
ansible host -m virt -a "guest=foo command=get_xml"
ansible host -m virt -a "guest=foo command=autostart"</pre>
</div>
<p>Example host (hypervisor) management commands from /usr/bin/ansible:</p>
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<div class="highlight-python"><pre>ansible host -m virt -a "command=freemem"
ansible host -m virt -a "command=list_vms"
ansible host -m virt -a "command=info"
ansible host -m virt -a "command=nodeinfo"
ansible host -m virt -a "command=virttype"</pre>
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</div>
</div>
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<div class="section" id="yum">
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<span id="id15"></span><h2>yum<a class="headerlink" href="#yum" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
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<p>Will install, upgrade, remove, and list packages with the yum package manager.</p>
<p><em>pkg</em>:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li>A package name or package specifier with version, like name-1.0</li>
</ul>
<p><em>state</em>:</p>
<ul class="simple">
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<li>Can be either &#8216;installed&#8217;, &#8216;latest&#8217;, or &#8216;removed&#8217;. The default is &#8216;installed&#8217;.</li>
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</ul>
<p><em>list</em>:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li>When &#8216;list&#8217; is supplied instead of &#8216;state&#8217;, the yum module can list
various configuration attributes. Values include &#8216;installed&#8217;, &#8216;updates&#8217;,
&#8216;available&#8217;, &#8216;repos&#8217;, or any package specifier.</li>
</ul>
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<p>Example action from Ansible <a class="reference internal" href="playbooks.html"><em>Playbooks</em></a>:</p>
<div class="highlight-python"><pre>yum pkg=httpd state=latest
yum pkg=httpd state=removed
yum pkg=httpd state=installed</pre>
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</div>
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</div>
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<div class="section" id="writing-your-own-modules">
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<h2>Writing your own modules<a class="headerlink" href="#writing-your-own-modules" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>See <a class="reference internal" href="moduledev.html"><em>Module Development Guide</em></a>.</p>
<div class="admonition-see-also admonition seealso">
<p class="first admonition-title">See also</p>
<dl class="last docutils">
<dt><a class="reference internal" href="examples.html"><em>Command Line Examples</em></a></dt>
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<dd>Examples of using modules in /usr/bin/ansible</dd>
<dt><a class="reference internal" href="playbooks.html"><em>Playbooks</em></a></dt>
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<dd>Examples of using modules with /usr/bin/ansible-playbook</dd>
<dt><a class="reference internal" href="moduledev.html"><em>Module Development Guide</em></a></dt>
<dd>How to write your own modules</dd>
<dt><a class="reference internal" href="api.html"><em>API &amp; Integrations</em></a></dt>
<dd>Examples of using modules with the Python API</dd>
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<dt><a class="reference external" href="http://groups.google.com/group/ansible-project">Mailing List</a></dt>
<dd>Questions? Help? Ideas? Stop by the list on Google Groups</dd>
<dt><a class="reference external" href="http://irc.freenode.net">irc.freenode.net</a></dt>
<dd>#ansible IRC chat channel</dd>
</dl>
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