community.docker.docker_image_remove module – Remove Docker images
Note
This module is part of the community.docker collection (version 3.13.1).
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.docker
.
You need further requirements to be able to use this module,
see Requirements for details.
To use it in a playbook, specify: community.docker.docker_image_remove
.
New in community.docker 3.6.0
Synopsis
Remove Docker images from the Docker daemon.
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
Docker API >= 1.25
backports.ssl_match_hostname (when using TLS on Python 2)
paramiko (when using SSH with
use_ssh_client=false
)pyOpenSSL (when using TLS)
pywin32 (when using named pipes on Windows 32)
requests
Parameters
Parameter |
Comments |
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The version of the Docker API running on the Docker Host. Defaults to the latest version of the API supported by this collection and the docker daemon. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable Default: |
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Use a CA certificate when performing server verification by providing the path to a CA certificate file. If the value is not specified in the task and the environment variable This option was called |
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Path to the client’s TLS certificate file. If the value is not specified in the task and the environment variable |
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Path to the client’s TLS key file. If the value is not specified in the task and the environment variable |
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Debug mode Choices:
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The URL or Unix socket path used to connect to the Docker API. To connect to a remote host, provide the TCP connection string. For example, If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable Default: |
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Un-tag and remove all images matching the specified name. Choices:
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Image name. Name format will be one of: Note that image IDs (hashes) can also be used. |
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Delete untagged parent images. Choices:
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Provide a valid SSL version number. Default value determined by SSL Python module. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable |
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The maximum amount of time in seconds to wait on a response from the API. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable Default: |
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Secure the connection to the API by using TLS without verifying the authenticity of the Docker host server. Note that if If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable Choices:
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When verifying the authenticity of the Docker Host server, provide the expected name of the server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable Note that this option had a default value |
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For SSH transports, use the Choices:
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Secure the connection to the API by using TLS and verifying the authenticity of the Docker host server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable Choices:
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Attributes
Attribute |
Support |
Description |
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Action groups: community.docker.docker, docker |
Use |
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Support: full |
Can run in |
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Support: full |
Will return details on what has changed (or possibly needs changing in |
Notes
Note
Connect to the Docker daemon by providing parameters with each task or by defining environment variables. You can define
DOCKER_HOST
,DOCKER_TLS_HOSTNAME
,DOCKER_API_VERSION
,DOCKER_CERT_PATH
,DOCKER_SSL_VERSION
,DOCKER_TLS
,DOCKER_TLS_VERIFY
andDOCKER_TIMEOUT
. If you are using docker machine, run the script shipped with the product that sets up the environment. It will set these variables for you. See https://docs.docker.com/machine/reference/env/ for more details.This module does not use the Docker SDK for Python to communicate with the Docker daemon. It uses code derived from the Docker SDK or Python that is included in this collection.
See Also
See also
- community.docker.docker_image_load
Load docker image(s) from archives.
- community.docker.docker_image_pull
Pull Docker images from registries.
- community.docker.docker_image_tag
Tag Docker images with new names and/or tags.
Examples
- name: Remove an image
community.docker.docker_image_remove:
name: pacur/centos-7
Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
Key |
Description |
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The digests of the images that were deleted. Returned: success Sample: |
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Image inspection results for the affected image before removal. Empty if the image was not found. Returned: success Sample: |
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The digests of the images that were untagged. Returned: success Sample: |