apache2_module – Enables/disables a module of the Apache2 webserver

Synopsis

  • Enables or disables a specified module of the Apache2 webserver.

Requirements

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

  • a2enmod

  • a2dismod

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
force
boolean
added in 2.1
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Force disabling of default modules and override Debian warnings.
identifier
-
added in 2.5
Identifier of the module as listed by apache2ctl -M. This is optional and usually determined automatically by the common convention of appending _module to name as well as custom exception for popular modules.
ignore_configcheck
boolean
added in 2.3
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Ignore configuration checks about inconsistent module configuration. Especially for mpm_* modules.
name
- / required
Name of the module to enable/disable as given to a2enmod/a2dismod.
state
-
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
Desired state of the module.

Examples

# enables the Apache2 module "wsgi"
- apache2_module:
    state: present
    name: wsgi
# disables the Apache2 module "wsgi"
- apache2_module:
    state: absent
    name: wsgi
# disable default modules for Debian
- apache2_module:
    state: absent
    name: autoindex
    force: True
# disable mpm_worker and ignore warnings about missing mpm module
- apache2_module:
    state: absent
    name: mpm_worker
    ignore_configcheck: True
# enable dump_io module, which is identified as dumpio_module inside apache2
- apache2_module:
    state: present
    name: dump_io
    identifier: dumpio_module

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
rc
integer
 failed
return code of underlying command
result
string
 always
message about action taken
stderr
string
 failed
stderr of underlying command
stdout
string
 failed
stdout of underlying command
warnings
list
 when needed
list of warning messages


Status

Authors

  • Christian Berendt (@berendt)

  • Ralf Hertel (@n0trax)

  • Robin Roth (@robinro)

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