debconf – Configure a .deb package¶
Requirements¶
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
debconf
debconf-utils
Parameters¶
Notes¶
Note
This module requires the command line debconf tools.
A number of questions have to be answered (depending on the package). Use ‘debconf-show <package>’ on any Debian or derivative with the package installed to see questions/settings available.
Some distros will always record tasks involving the setting of passwords as changed. This is due to debconf-get-selections masking passwords.
It is highly recommended to add no_log=True to task while handling sensitive information using this module.
Examples¶
- name: Set default locale to fr_FR.UTF-8
debconf:
name: locales
question: locales/default_environment_locale
value: fr_FR.UTF-8
vtype: select
- name: Set to generate locales
debconf:
name: locales
question: locales/locales_to_be_generated
value: en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8, fr_FR.UTF-8 UTF-8
vtype: multiselect
- name: Accept oracle license
debconf:
name: oracle-java7-installer
question: shared/accepted-oracle-license-v1-1
value: 'true'
vtype: select
- name: Specifying package you can register/return the list of questions and current values
debconf:
name: tzdata
- name: Pre-configure tripwire site passphrase
debconf:
name: tripwire
question: tripwire/site-passphrase
value: "{{ site_passphrase }}"
vtype: password
no_log: True
Status¶
This module is guaranteed to have backward compatible interface changes going forward. [stableinterface]
This module is maintained by the Ansible Core Team. [core]
Red Hat Support¶
More information about Red Hat’s support of this module is available from this Red Hat Knowledge Base article.
Authors¶
Brian Coca (@bcoca)
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