ansible.builtin.debconf – Configure a .deb package¶
Note
This module is part of ansible-base
and included in all Ansible
installations. In most cases, you can use the short module name
debconf even without specifying the collections:
keyword.
Despite that, we recommend you use the FQCN for easy linking to the module
documentation and to avoid conflicting with other collections that may have
the same module name.
New in version 1.6: of ansible.builtin
Requirements¶
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
debconf
debconf-utils
Parameters¶
Notes¶
Note
This module requires the command line debconf tools.
A number of questions have to be answered (depending on the package). Use ‘debconf-show <package>’ on any Debian or derivative with the package installed to see questions/settings available.
Some distros will always record tasks involving the setting of passwords as changed. This is due to debconf-get-selections masking passwords.
It is highly recommended to add no_log=True to task while handling sensitive information using this module.
Supports
check_mode
.
Examples¶
- name: Set default locale to fr_FR.UTF-8
ansible.builtin.debconf:
name: locales
question: locales/default_environment_locale
value: fr_FR.UTF-8
vtype: select
- name: Set to generate locales
ansible.builtin.debconf:
name: locales
question: locales/locales_to_be_generated
value: en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8, fr_FR.UTF-8 UTF-8
vtype: multiselect
- name: Accept oracle license
ansible.builtin.debconf:
name: oracle-java7-installer
question: shared/accepted-oracle-license-v1-1
value: 'true'
vtype: select
- name: Specifying package you can register/return the list of questions and current values
ansible.builtin.debconf:
name: tzdata
- name: Pre-configure tripwire site passphrase
ansible.builtin.debconf:
name: tripwire
question: tripwire/site-passphrase
value: "{{ site_passphrase }}"
vtype: password
no_log: True
Authors¶
Brian Coca (@bcoca)