modprobe – Load or unload kernel modules

New in version 1.4.

Synopsis

• Load or unload kernel modules.

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
name - / required		Name of kernel module to manage.
params - added in 1.6	Default: ""	Modules parameters.
state -	Choices: absent present ←	Whether the module should be present or absent.

Examples

- name: Add the 802.1q module
  modprobe:
    name: 8021q
    state: present

- name: Add the dummy module
  modprobe:
    name: dummy
    state: present
    params: 'numdummies=2'

Status

• This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
• This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors

• David Stygstra (@stygstra)
• Julien Dauphant
• Matt Jeffery

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