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↑ https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/modules_by_category.html
↑ https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/setup_module.html
↑ https://www.unixarena.com/2018/07/ansible-command-vs-shell-vs-raw-modules.html/
↑ https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.6/modules/docker_module.html
↑ https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/docker_compose_module.html
↑ https://medium.com/@tcij1013/ten-useful-ansible-modules-83fb6fb2d45e
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* <code>ansible -m setup SERVER_NAME</code> will collect information from your system | * <code>ansible -m setup SERVER_NAME</code> will collect information from your system | ||
* <code>ansible -m setup SERVER_NAME -a 'filter=ansible_distribution'</code>. Collect just OS. | * <code>ansible -m setup SERVER_NAME -a 'filter=ansible_distribution'</code>. Collect just OS. | ||
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| + | ==Modules== | ||
| + | * <code>apt_repository</code>: [[Ansible playbook: Add a crepository]] | ||
| + | * <code>[[docker compose]]</code>: New in version 2.1 and was call docker_service before [[Ansible 2.8]] | ||
| + | * <code>file</code>, for managing files and directories: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/file_module.html | ||
| + | * <code>ovirt_vm</code> ([[KVM]]) | ||
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* Execution modules: | * Execution modules: | ||
** <code>command</code>, default for ad-hoc commands, bypasses the shell so won’t be impacted by local shell variables. | ** <code>command</code>, default for ad-hoc commands, bypasses the shell so won’t be impacted by local shell variables. | ||
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* <code>[[gather_facts]]</code>, <code>[[lineinfile]]</code>, <code>user</code>, <code>group</code>, <code>mount</code>, <code>git</code>, <code>[[docker]]</code><ref>https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.6/modules/docker_module.html</ref>, <code>[[docker_compose]]</code> <ref>https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/docker_compose_module.html</ref> and <code>mail</code> modules, <ref>https://medium.com/@tcij1013/ten-useful-ansible-modules-83fb6fb2d45e</ref> see all of them by category: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/modules_by_category.html | * <code>[[gather_facts]]</code>, <code>[[lineinfile]]</code>, <code>user</code>, <code>group</code>, <code>mount</code>, <code>git</code>, <code>[[docker]]</code><ref>https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.6/modules/docker_module.html</ref>, <code>[[docker_compose]]</code> <ref>https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/docker_compose_module.html</ref> and <code>mail</code> modules, <ref>https://medium.com/@tcij1013/ten-useful-ansible-modules-83fb6fb2d45e</ref> see all of them by category: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/modules_by_category.html | ||
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== Examples of execution modules == | == Examples of execution modules == | ||
Revision as of 07:08, 20 January 2020
Ansible modules[1] add new capabilities to Ansible and is a core component of the software, as of September 2019 there are more than 2.800 modules available: ansible-doc --list. For example you can manage AWS infrastructure using Ansible, execute commands with shell module or collect information using setup[2] module.
ansible -m setup SERVER_NAMEwill collect information from your systemansible -m setup SERVER_NAME -a 'filter=ansible_distribution'. Collect just OS.
Modules
apt_repository: Ansible playbook: Add a crepositorydocker compose: New in version 2.1 and was call docker_service before Ansible 2.8file, for managing files and directories: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/file_module.htmlovirt_vm(KVM)
- Execution modules:
command, default for ad-hoc commands, bypasses the shell so won’t be impacted by local shell variables.shell, allow to use shell functionalities such as redirection.raw, do not require python on remote system[3]
gather_facts,lineinfile,user,group,mount,git,docker[4],docker_compose[5] andmailmodules, [6] see all of them by category: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/modules_by_category.html
Examples of execution modules
ansible -m raw DESTINATION_HOSTNAME -a uptimeansible -m shell DESTINATION_HOSTNAME -a uptimeansible -m command DESTINATION_HOSTNAME -a uptime
See also
- Ansible: modules, plugins, Playbooks (examples)
ansible-playbook,ansible-vault,ansible-inventory,ansible-config, Ansible Tower, Ansible Galaxy (Roles) (ansible-galaxy),ansible-cmdb,gather facts,ansible.cfg,Ansible Molecule, Ansible collections,register,template,--ask-pass,--ask-become-pass,remote_user:,/etc/ansible/hosts,ansible-doc,ansible-lint,.ansible/,--forks,--start-at-task,changelog,inventory,Notify:,ansible HOSTNAME -m ping,gathering,/usr/bin/ansible,ansible -m ping,ansible.builtin,hosts: (Ansible),set fact:,when:,blockinfile:,become method:,include:,git:, AWX,ansible --help, Tags, Ansible variables, versions
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