win_xml – Add XML fragment to an XML parent

New in version 2.7.

Synopsis

  • Adds XML fragments formatted as strings to existing XML on remote servers.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
attribute
-
The attribute name if the type is 'attribute'. Required if type=attribute.
backup
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Whether to backup the remote server's XML before applying the change.
fragment
- / required
The string representation of the XML fragment to be added.

aliases: xmlstring
path
- / required
The path of remote servers XML.

aliases: dest, file
type
- / required
    Choices:
  • element ←
  • attribute
  • text
The type of XML you are working with.
xpath
- / required
The node of the remote server XML where the fragment will go.

Examples

# Apply our filter to Tomcat web.xml
- win_xml:
   path: C:\apache-tomcat\webapps\myapp\WEB-INF\web.xml
   fragment: '<filter><filter-name>MyFilter</filter-name><filter-class>com.example.MyFilter</filter-class></filter>'
   xpath: '/*'

# Apply sslEnabledProtocols to Tomcat's server.xml
- win_xml:
   path: C:\Tomcat\conf\server.xml
   xpath: '//Server/Service[@name="Catalina"]/Connector[@port="9443"]'
   attribute: 'sslEnabledProtocols'
   fragment: 'TLSv1,TLSv1.1,TLSv1.2'
   type: attribute

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
backup
string
 changed
name of the backup file, if created

Sample:
C:\config.xml.19700101-000000
err
list
 always, for type element and -vvv or more
xml comparison exceptions

Sample:
attribute mismatch for actual=string
msg
string
 always
what was done

Sample:
xml added


Status

Authors

  • Richard Levenberg (@richardcs)

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