win_chocolatey – Manage packages using chocolatey

New in version 1.9.

Synopsis

Requirements

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

  • chocolatey >= 0.10.5 (will be upgraded if older)

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
allow_empty_checksums
boolean
added in 2.2
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Allow empty checksums to be used for downloaded resource from non-secure locations.
Use win_chocolatey_feature with the name allowEmptyChecksums to control this option globally.
allow_prerelease
boolean
added in 2.6
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Allow the installation of pre-release packages.
If state is latest, the latest pre-release package will be installed.
architecture
-
added in 2.7
    Choices:
  • default ←
  • x86
Force Chocolatey to install the package of a specific process architecture.
When setting x86, will ensure Chocolatey installs the x86 package even when on an x64 bit OS.
force
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Forces the install of a package, even if it already is installed.
Using force will cause Ansible to always report that a change was made.
ignore_checksums
boolean
added in 2.2
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Ignore the checksums provided by the package.
Use win_chocolatey_feature with the name checksumFiles to control this option globally.
ignore_dependencies
boolean
added in 2.1
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Ignore dependencies, only install/upgrade the package itself.
install_args
string
added in 2.1
Arguments to pass to the native installer.
These are arguments that are passed directly to the installer the Chocolatey package runs, this is generally an advanced option.
name
list / required
Name of the package(s) to be installed.
Set to all to run the action on all the installed packages.
package_params
string
added in 2.1
Parameters to pass to the package.
These are parameters specific to the Chocolatey package and are generally documented by the package itself.
Before Ansible 2.7, this option was just params.

aliases: params
proxy_password
string
added in 2.4
Proxy password used to install Chocolatey and the package.
This value is exposed as a command argument and any privileged account can see this value when the module is running Chocolatey, define the password on the global config level with win_chocolatey_config with name proxyPassword to avoid this.
proxy_url
string
added in 2.4
Proxy URL used to install chocolatey and the package.
Use win_chocolatey_config with the name proxy to control this option globally.
proxy_username
string
added in 2.4
Proxy username used to install Chocolatey and the package.
Before Ansible 2.7, users with double quote characters " would need to be escaped with \ beforehand. This is no longer necessary.
Use win_chocolatey_config with the name proxyUser to control this option globally.
skip_scripts
boolean
added in 2.4
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Do not run chocolateyInstall.ps1 or chocolateyUninstall.ps1 scripts when installing a package.
source
string
Specify the source to retrieve the package from.
Use win_chocolatey_source to manage global sources.
This value can either be the URL to a Chocolatey feed, a path to a folder containing .nupkg packages or the name of a source defined by win_chocolatey_source.
This value is also used when Chocolatey is not installed as the location of the install.ps1 script and only supports URLs for this case.
source_password
string
added in 2.7
The password for source_username.
This value is exposed as a command argument and any privileged account can see this value when the module is running Chocolatey, define the credentials with a source with win_chocolatey_source to avoid this.
source_username
string
added in 2.7
A username to use with source when accessing a feed that requires authentication.
It is recommended you define the credentials on a source with win_chocolatey_source instead of passing it per task.
state
string
    Choices:
  • absent
  • downgrade
  • latest
  • present ←
  • reinstalled
State of the package on the system.
When absent, will ensure the package is not installed.
When present, will ensure the package is installed.
When downgrade, will allow Chocolatey to downgrade a package if version is older than the installed version.
When latest, will ensure the package is installed to the latest available version.
When reinstalled, will uninstall and reinstall the package.
timeout
integer
added in 2.3
 Default:
2700
The time to allow chocolatey to finish before timing out.

aliases: execution_timeout
validate_certs
boolean
added in 2.7
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
Used when downloading the Chocolatey install script if Chocolatey is not already installed, this does not affect the Chocolatey package install process.
When no, no SSL certificates will be validated.
This should only be used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificate.
version
string
Specific version of the package to be installed.
Ignored when state is set to absent.

Notes

Note

  • Provide the version parameter value as a string (e.g. '6.1'), otherwise it is considered to be a floating-point number and depending on the locale could become 6,1, which will cause a failure.
  • When using verbosity 2 or less (-vv) the stdout output will be restricted.
  • When using verbosity 4 (-vvvv) the stdout output will be more verbose.
  • When using verbosity 5 (-vvvvv) the stdout output will include debug output.
  • This module will install or upgrade Chocolatey when needed.
  • Some packages, like hotfixes or updates need an interactive user logon in order to install. You can use (become) to achieve this, see Understanding Privilege Escalation.
  • Even if you are connecting as local Administrator, using (become) to become Administrator will give you an interactive user logon, see examples below.
  • If (become) is unavailable, use (win_hotfix to install hotfixes instead of (win_chocolatey) as (win_hotfix) avoids using wusa.exe which cannot be run without (become).

Examples

- name: Install git
  win_chocolatey:
    name: git
    state: present

- name: Upgrade installed packages
  win_chocolatey:
    name: all
    state: latest

- name: Install notepadplusplus version 6.6
  win_chocolatey:
    name: notepadplusplus
    version: '6.6'

- name: Install notepadplusplus 32 bit version
  win_chocolatey:
    name: notepadplusplus
    architecture: x86

- name: Install git from specified repository
  win_chocolatey:
    name: git
    source: https://someserver/api/v2/

- name: Install git from a pre configured source (win_chocolatey_source)
  win_chocolatey:
    name: git
    source: internal_repo

- name: ensure Chocolatey itself is installed and use internal repo as source
  win_chocolatey:
    name: chocolatey
    source: http://someserver/chocolatey

- name: Uninstall git
  win_chocolatey:
    name: git
    state: absent

- name: Install multiple packages
  win_chocolatey:
    name:
    - procexp
    - putty
    - windirstat
    state: present

- name: Install multiple packages sequentially
  win_chocolatey:
    name: '{{ item }}'
    state: present
  with_items:
  - procexp
  - putty
  - windirstat

- name: uninstall multiple packages
  win_chocolatey:
    name:
    - procexp
    - putty
    - windirstat
    state: absent

- name: Install curl using proxy
  win_chocolatey:
    name: curl
    proxy_url: http://proxy-server:8080/
    proxy_username: joe
    proxy_password: p@ssw0rd

- name: Install a package that requires 'become'
  win_chocolatey:
    name: officepro2013
  become: yes
  become_user: Administrator
  become_method: runas

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
command
string
 changed
The full command used in the chocolatey task.

Sample:
choco.exe install -r --no-progress -y sysinternals --timeout 2700 --failonunfound
rc
integer
 always
The return code from the chocolatey task.
stdout
string
 changed
The stdout from the chocolatey task. The verbosity level of the messages are affected by Ansible verbosity setting, see notes for more details.

Sample:
Chocolatey upgraded 1/1 packages.


Status

Authors

  • Trond Hindenes (@trondhindenes)
  • Peter Mounce (@petemounce)
  • Pepe Barbe (@elventear)
  • Adam Keech (@smadam813)
  • Pierre Templier (@ptemplier)
  • Jordan Borean (@jborean93)

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