atomic_container – Manage the containers on the atomic host platform

New in version 2.4.

Synopsis

  • Manage the containers on the atomic host platform
  • Allows to manage the lifecycle of a container on the atomic host platform

Requirements

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

  • atomic
  • python >= 2.6

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
backend
- / required
    Choices:
  • docker
  • ostree
Define the backend to use for the container
image
- / required
The image to use to install the container
mode
- / required
    Choices:
  • user
  • system
Define if it is an user or a system container
name
- / required
Name of the container
rootfs
-
Define the rootfs of the image
state
- / required
    Choices:
  • latest ←
  • present
  • absent
  • rollback
State of the container
values
-
Values for the installation of the container. This option is permitted only with mode 'user' or 'system'. The values specified here will be used at installation time as --set arguments for atomic install.

Notes

Note

  • Host should support atomic command

Examples

# Install the etcd system container
- atomic_container:
    name: etcd
    image: rhel/etcd
    backend: ostree
    state: latest
    mode: system
    values:
        - ETCD_NAME=etcd.server

# Uninstall the etcd system container
- atomic_container:
    name: etcd
    image: rhel/etcd
    backend: ostree
    state: absent
    mode: system

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
msg
string
 always
The command standard output

Sample:
[{"u'Using default tag": "latest ...'"}]


Status

Authors

  • Giuseppe Scrivano (@giuseppe)

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