community.general.django_check module – Wrapper for django-admin check

Note

This module is part of the community.general collection (version 10.7.5).

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.

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

New in community.general 9.1.0

Synopsis

  • This module is a wrapper for the execution of django-admin check.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

apps

list / elements=string

Restrict checks to specific applications.

Default is to check all applications.

database

list / elements=string

Specify databases to run checks against.

If not specified, Django does not run database tests.

deploy

boolean

Include additional checks relevant in a deployment setting.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

fail_level

string

Message level that triggers failure.

Default is the Django default value. Check the documentation for the version being used.

Choices:

  • "CRITICAL"

  • "ERROR"

  • "WARNING"

  • "INFO"

  • "DEBUG"

pythonpath

path

Adds the given filesystem path to the Python import search path.

The value will be passed as is to the --pythonpath argument in django-admin.

settings

string / required

Specifies the settings module to use.

The value will be passed as is to the --settings argument in django-admin.

skip_checks

boolean

Skips running system checks prior to running the command.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

tags

list / elements=string

Restrict checks to specific tags.

traceback

boolean

Provides a full stack trace in the output when a CommandError is raised.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

venv

path

Use the Python interpreter from this virtual environment.

Pass the path to the root of the virtualenv, not the bin/ directory nor the python executable.

verbosity

integer

Specifies the amount of notification and debug information in the output of django-admin.

Choices:

  • 0

  • 1

  • 2

  • 3

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

  • The outcome of the module is found in the common return values stdout, stderr, rc.

  • The module fails if rc is not zero.

  • The django-admin command is always executed using the C locale, and the option --no-color is always passed.

See Also

See also

django-admin and manage.py in official Django documentation

Refer to this documentation for the builtin commands and options of django-admin. Please make sure that you select the right version of Django in the version selector on that page.

Examples

- name: Check the entire project
  community.general.django_check:
    settings: myproject.settings

- name: Create the project using specific databases
  community.general.django_check:
    database:
      - somedb
      - myotherdb
    settings: fancysite.settings
    pythonpath: /home/joedoe/project/fancysite
    venv: /home/joedoe/project/fancysite/venv

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key

Description

run_info

dictionary

Command-line execution information.

Returned: success and verbosity >= 3

version

string

added in community.general 10.0.0

Version of Django.

Returned: always

Sample: "5.1.2"

Authors

  • Alexei Znamensky (@russoz)