community.general.sorcery module – Package manager for Source Mage GNU/Linux

Note

This module is part of the community.general collection (version 8.5.0).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.general. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.sorcery.

Synopsis 

Manages “spells” on Source Mage GNU/Linux using sorcery toolchain

Aliases: packaging.os.sorcery

Requirements 

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

bash

Parameters 

Parameter	Comments
cache_valid_time integer	Time in seconds to invalidate grimoire collection on update. Especially useful for SCM and rsync grimoires. Makes sense only in pair with `update_cache`. Default: `0`
depends string	Comma-separated list of _optional_ dependencies to build a spell (or make sure it is built) with; use `+`/`-` in front of dependency to turn it on/off (`+` is optional though). This option is ignored if `name` parameter is equal to `*` or contains more than one spell. Providers must be supplied in the form recognized by Sorcery, for example ‘`openssl(SSL)`‘.
name aliases: spell, grimoire list / elements=string	Name of the spell or grimoire. Multiple names can be given, separated by commas. Special value `*` in conjunction with states `latest` or `rebuild` will update or rebuild the whole system respectively The alias `grimoire` was added in community.general 7.3.0.
repository string added in community.general 7.3.0	Repository location. If specified, `name` represents grimoire(s) instead of spell(s). Special value `` will pull grimoire from the official location. Only single item in `name` in conjunction with `` can be used. `state=absent` must be used with a special value `*`.
state string	Whether to cast, dispel or rebuild a package. State `cast` is an equivalent of `present`, not `latest`. State `rebuild` implies cast of all specified spells, not only those existed before. Choices: `"present"` ← (default) `"latest"` `"absent"` `"cast"` `"dispelled"` `"rebuild"`
update boolean	Whether or not to update sorcery scripts at the very first stage. Choices: `false` ← (default) `true`
update_cache aliases: update_codex boolean	Whether or not to update grimoire collection before casting spells. Choices: `false` ← (default) `true`

Attributes 

Attribute	Support	Description
check_mode	Support: full	Can run in `check_mode` and return changed status prediction without modifying target.
diff_mode	Support: none	Will return details on what has changed (or possibly needs changing in `check_mode`), when in diff mode.

Notes 

Note

When all three components are selected, the update goes by the sequence – Sorcery -> Grimoire(s) -> Spell(s); you cannot override it.
Grimoire handling is supported since community.general 7.3.0.

Examples 

- name: Make sure spell foo is installed
  community.general.sorcery:
    spell: foo
    state: present

- name: Make sure spells foo, bar and baz are removed
  community.general.sorcery:
    spell: foo,bar,baz
    state: absent

- name: Make sure spell foo with dependencies bar and baz is installed
  community.general.sorcery:
    spell: foo
    depends: bar,baz
    state: present

- name: Make sure spell foo with bar and without baz dependencies is installed
  community.general.sorcery:
    spell: foo
    depends: +bar,-baz
    state: present

- name: Make sure spell foo with libressl (providing SSL) dependency is installed
  community.general.sorcery:
    spell: foo
    depends: libressl(SSL)
    state: present

- name: Make sure spells with/without required dependencies (if any) are installed
  community.general.sorcery:
    name: "{{ item.spell }}"
    depends: "{{ item.depends | default(None) }}"
    state: present
  loop:
    - { spell: 'vifm', depends: '+file,-gtk+2' }
    - { spell: 'fwknop', depends: 'gpgme' }
    - { spell: 'pv,tnftp,tor' }

- name: Install the latest version of spell foo using regular glossary
  community.general.sorcery:
    name: foo
    state: latest

- name: Rebuild spell foo
  community.general.sorcery:
    spell: foo
    state: rebuild

- name: Rebuild the whole system, but update Sorcery and Codex first
  community.general.sorcery:
    spell: '*'
    state: rebuild
    update: true
    update_cache: true

- name: Refresh the grimoire collection if it is 1 day old using native sorcerous alias
  community.general.sorcery:
    update_codex: true
    cache_valid_time: 86400

- name: Make sure stable grimoire is present
  community.general.sorcery:
    name: stable
    repository: '*'
    state: present

- name: Make sure binary and stable-rc grimoires are removed
  community.general.sorcery:
    grimoire: binary,stable-rc
    repository: '*'
    state: absent

- name: Make sure games grimoire is pulled from rsync
  community.general.sorcery:
    grimoire: games
    repository: "rsync://download.sourcemage.org::codex/games"
    state: present

- name: Make sure a specific branch of stable grimoire is pulled from git
  community.general.sorcery:
    grimoire: stable.git
    repository: "git://download.sourcemage.org/smgl/grimoire.git:stable.git:stable-0.62"
    state: present

- name: Update only Sorcery itself
  community.general.sorcery:
    update: true

Authors

Vlad Glagolev (@vaygr)

community.general.sorcery module – Package manager for Source Mage GNU/Linux

Synopsis

Requirements

Parameters

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Notes

Examples