atomic_image – Manage the container images on the atomic host platform

New in version 2.2.

Synopsis

  • Manage the container images on the atomic host platform.

  • Allows to execute the commands specified by the RUN label in the container image when present.

Requirements

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

  • atomic

  • python >= 2.6

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
backend
-
added in 2.4
    Choices:
  • docker
  • ostree
Define the backend where the image is pulled.
name
- / required
Name of the container image.
started
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
Start or Stop the container.
state
-
    Choices:
  • absent
  • latest ←
  • present
The state of the container image.
The state latest will ensure container image is upgraded to the latest version and forcefully restart container, if running.

Notes

Note

  • Host should support atomic command.

Examples

- name: Execute the run command on rsyslog container image (atomic run rhel7/rsyslog)
  atomic_image:
    name: rhel7/rsyslog
    state: latest

- name: Pull busybox to the OSTree backend
  atomic_image:
    name: busybox
    state: latest
    backend: ostree

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

  • Saravanan KR (@krsacme)

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