community.docker.docker – Run tasks in docker containers

Note

This plugin is part of the community.docker collection (version 1.2.2).

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.docker.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.docker.docker.

Synopsis

  • Run commands or put/fetch files to an existing docker container.

  • Uses the Docker CLI to execute commands in the container. If you prefer to directly connect to the Docker daemon, use the community.docker.docker_api connection plugin.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Configuration Comments
docker_extra_args
string
Default:
""
Extra arguments to pass to the docker command line
remote_addr
string
Default:
"inventory_hostname"
var: ansible_host
var: ansible_docker_host
The name of the container you want to access.
remote_user
string
var: ansible_user
var: ansible_docker_user
The user to execute as inside the container

Authors

  • Lorin Hochestein (!UNKNOWN)

  • Leendert Brouwer (!UNKNOWN)