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.

  • For non-Windows targets, use the xml module instead.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
attribute
string
The attribute name if the type is 'attribute'.
Required if type=attribute.
backup
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Determine whether a backup should be created.
When set to yes, create a backup file including the timestamp information so you can get the original file back if you somehow clobbered it incorrectly.
fragment
string / required
The string representation of the XML fragment to be added.

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

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

Examples

- name: 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: '/*'

- name: 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_file
string
 if backup=yes
Name of the backup file that was created.

Sample:
C:\Path\To\File.txt.11540.20150212-220915.bak
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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