kibana_plugin – Manage Kibana plugins

Synopsis

  • This module can be used to manage Kibana plugins.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
force
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Delete and re-install the plugin. Can be useful for plugins update.
name
- / required
Name of the plugin to install.
plugin_bin
-
Default:
"/opt/kibana/bin/kibana"
Location of the Kibana binary.
plugin_dir
-
Default:
"/opt/kibana/installedPlugins/"
Your configured plugin directory specified in Kibana.
state
-
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
Desired state of a plugin.
timeout
-
Default:
"1m"
Timeout setting: 30s, 1m, 1h etc.
url
-
Set exact URL to download the plugin from.
For local file, prefix its absolute path with file://
version
-
Version of the plugin to be installed.
If plugin exists with previous version, plugin will NOT be updated unless force is set to yes.

Examples

- name: Install Elasticsearch head plugin
  kibana_plugin:
    state: present
    name: elasticsearch/marvel

- name: Install specific version of a plugin
  kibana_plugin:
    state: present
    name: elasticsearch/marvel
    version: '2.3.3'

- name: Uninstall Elasticsearch head plugin
  kibana_plugin:
    state: absent
    name: elasticsearch/marvel

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
cmd
string
success
the launched command during plugin management (install / remove)
name
string
success
the plugin name to install or remove
state
string
success
the state for the managed plugin
stderr
string
success
the command stderr
stdout
string
success
the command stdout
timeout
string
success
the timeout for plugin download
url
string
success
the url from where the plugin is installed from


Status

Authors

  • Thierno IB. BARRY (@barryib)

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