lowlydba.sqlserver.tcp_port module – Sets the TCP port for the instance

Note

This module is part of the lowlydba.sqlserver collection (version 2.7.0).

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 lowlydba.sqlserver. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

To use it in a playbook, specify: lowlydba.sqlserver.tcp_port.

New in lowlydba.sqlserver 0.10.0

Synopsis

  • Sets the TCP port for a SQL Server instance.

Requirements

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

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

force

boolean

added in lowlydba.sqlserver 1.2.0

Restart SQL Server and SQL Agent services automatically.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

ip_address

string

IPv4 address.

password

string

Password for alternative credential to authenticate with Windows.

port

integer / required

Port for SQL Server to listen on.

sql_instance

string / required

The SQL Server instance to modify.

sql_password

string

Password for SQL Authentication.

sql_username

string

Username for SQL Authentication.

username

string

Username for alternative credential to authenticate with Windows.

Attributes

Attribute

Support

Description

check_mode

Support: full

Can run in check_mode and return changed status prediction without modifying target.

platform

Platform: Windows

Target OS/families that can be operated against.

Examples

- name: Set the default port
  lowlydba.sqlserver.tcp_port:
    sql_instance: sql-01.myco.io
    port: 1433

- name: Set a non-standard default port
  lowlydba.sqlserver.tcp_port:
    sql_instance: sql-01.myco.io
    port: 1933

Return Values

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

Key

Description

data

dictionary

Output from the Set-DbaTcpPort function.

RestartRequired returned if the change requires a service restart to take effect.

Returned: success, but not in check_mode.

Authors

  • John McCall (@lowlydba)