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<p>Ansible ships with a number of modules that can be executed directly
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<div class="admonition-see-also admonition seealso">
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<dl class="last docutils">
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<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>
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<dt><a class="reference internal" href="playbooks.html"><em>Playbooks</em></a></dt>
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<dd>Examples of using modules with the Python API</dd>
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<p>Nearly all modules take <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">key=value</span></tt> parameters. Some modules take
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no parameters, and the command module just takes arguments for the
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command you want to run.</p>
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<p>All modules return JSON format data, though if you are using the
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command line or playbooks, you don’t really need to know much about
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that.</p>
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<p>Most modules other than command are idempotent, meaning they will seek
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to avoid changes unless a change needs to be made. When using ansible
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playbooks, these modules can trigger change events. Unless otherwise
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noted, all modules support change hooks.</p>
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<p>Stock modules:</p>
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<div class="section" id="command">
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<span id="id1"></span><h2>command<a class="headerlink" href="#command" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
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<p>The command module takes the command name followed by a list of
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arguments, space delimited. This is the only module that does not use
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<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">key=value</span></tt> style parameters.</p>
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<p>Example usage:</p>
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<div class="highlight-python"><pre>/sbin/shutdown -t now</pre>
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<p>The given shell command will be executed on all selected nodes.</p>
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<p>This module does not support change hooks and returns the return code
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from the program as well as timing information about how long the
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command was running for.</p>
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<span id="id2"></span><h2>copy<a class="headerlink" href="#copy" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
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<p>The copy module moves a file on the local box to remote locations.</p>
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<p><em>src</em>:</p>
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<ul class="simple">
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<li>Local path to a file to copy to the remote server. This can be an
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absolute or relative path.</li>
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<p><em>dest</em>:</p>
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<ul class="simple">
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<li>Remote absolute path where the file should end up.</li>
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</ul>
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<p>This module also returns md5sum information about the resultant file.</p>
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<div class="section" id="facter">
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<span id="id3"></span><h2>facter<a class="headerlink" href="#facter" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
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<p>Runs the discovery program ‘facter’ on the remote system, returning
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JSON data that can be useful for inventory purposes.</p>
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<p>Requires that ‘facter’ and ‘ruby-json’ be installed on the remote end.</p>
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<p>This module is informative only - it takes no parameters & does not
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support change hooks, nor does it make any changes on the system.
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Playbooks do not actually use this module, they use the <a class="reference internal" href="#setup"><em>setup</em></a>
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module behind the scenes.</p>
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<div class="section" id="git">
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<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>
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<ul class="simple">
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<li>git or http protocol address of the repo to checkout.</li>
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<p><em>dest</em>:</p>
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<ul class="simple">
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<li>Where to check it out, an absolute directory path.</li>
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<p><em>version</em>:</p>
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<ul class="simple">
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<li>What version to check out – either the git SHA, the literal string
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<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">HEAD</span></tt>, or a tag name.</li>
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<h2>ohai<a class="headerlink" href="#ohai" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
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<p>Similar to the <a class="reference internal" href="#facter"><em>facter</em></a> module, this returns JSON inventory data.
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Ohai data is a bit more verbose and nested than facter.</p>
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<p>Requires that ‘ohai’ be installed on the remote end.</p>
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<p>This module is information only - it takes no parameters & does not
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support change hooks, nor does it make any changes on the system.</p>
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<p>Playbooks should not call the ohai module, playbooks call the
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<a class="reference internal" href="#setup"><em>setup</em></a> module behind the scenes instead.</p>
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<div class="section" id="ping">
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<h2>ping<a class="headerlink" href="#ping" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
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<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>
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<p>This module does not support change hooks and is informative only - it
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takes no parameters & does not support change hooks, nor does it make
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any changes on the system.</p>
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</div>
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<div class="section" id="service">
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<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>
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<p><em>state</em>:</p>
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<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>.
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Started/stopped are idempotent actions that will not run commands
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unless necessary. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">restarted</span></tt> will always bounce the service.</li>
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<p><em>name</em>:</p>
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<ul class="simple">
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<li>The name of the service.</li>
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<div class="section" id="setup">
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<span id="id4"></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.
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Call this once before using the <a class="reference internal" href="#template"><em>template</em></a> module. Playbooks
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will execute this module automatically as the first step in each play
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using the variables section, so it is unnecessary to make explicit
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calls to setup within a playbook.</p>
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<p>If facter or ohai are installed, variables from these programs will
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also be snapshotted into the JSON file for usage in templating. These
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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’s easy to
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tell their source. All variables are then bubbled up to the caller.</p>
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<p><em>anything</em>:</p>
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<blockquote>
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<div><ul class="simple">
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<li>Any other parameters can be named basically anything, and set a
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<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">key=value</span></tt> pair in the JSON file for use in templating.</li>
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</ul>
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<div class="section" id="template">
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<span id="id5"></span><h2>template<a class="headerlink" href="#template" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
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<p>Templates a file out to a remote server. Call the <a class="reference internal" href="#setup"><em>setup</em></a> module
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prior to usage if you are not running from a playbook.</p>
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<p><em>src</em>:</p>
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<ul class="simple">
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<li>Path of a Jinja2 formatted template on the local server. This can
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be a relative or absolute path.</li>
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</ul>
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<p><em>dest</em>:</p>
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<ul class="simple">
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<li>Location to render the template on the remote server.</li>
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</ul>
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<p>This module also returns md5sum information about the resultant file.</p>
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</div>
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<div class="section" id="yum">
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<span id="id6"></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>
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<p><em>pkg</em>:</p>
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<ul class="simple">
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<li>A package name or package specifier with version, like name-1.0</li>
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</ul>
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<p><em>state</em>:</p>
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<ul class="simple">
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<li>Can be either ‘installed’, ‘latest’, or ‘removed’</li>
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</ul>
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<p><em>list</em>:</p>
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<ul class="simple">
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<li>When ‘list’ is supplied instead of ‘state’, the yum module can list
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various configuration attributes. Values include ‘installed’, ‘updates’,
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‘available’, ‘repos’, or any package specifier.</li>
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</ul>
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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>
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<p>To write your own modules, simply follow the convention of those
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already available in /usr/share/ansible. Modules must return JSON but
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can be written in any language. Modules should return hashes, but
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hashes can be nested.</p>
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<p>To support change hooks, modules should return hashes with a changed:
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True/False element at the top level:</p>
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<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="p">{</span>
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<span class="s">'changed'</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="bp">True</span><span class="p">,</span>
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<span class="s">'something'</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">42</span>
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<span class="p">}</span>
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</pre></div>
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</div>
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<p>Modules can also choose to indicate a failure scenario by returning a
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top level <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">failure</span></tt> element with a True value, and a <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">msg</span></tt> element
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describing the nature of the failure. Other return values are up to
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the module:</p>
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<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="p">{</span>
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<span class="s">'failure'</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="bp">True</span><span class="p">,</span>
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<span class="s">'msg'</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"here is what happened..."</span>
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<span class="p">}</span>
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</pre></div>
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<p>When shipping modules, drop them in /usr/share/ansible, or specify the
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module path to the command line tool or API. It is easy to test
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modules by running them directly on the command line, passing them
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arguments just like they would be passed with ansible.</p>
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