postgresql_idx – Create or drop indexes from a PostgreSQL database¶

New in version 2.8.

Synopsis
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Notes
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Examples
Return Values
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Synopsis ¶

Create or drop indexes from a PostgreSQL database.

Requirements ¶

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

psycopg2

Parameters ¶

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
ca_cert string		Specifies the name of a file containing SSL certificate authority (CA) certificate(s). If the file exists, the server's certificate will be verified to be signed by one of these authorities. aliases: ssl_rootcert
cascade boolean	Choices: no ← yes	Automatically drop objects that depend on the index, and in turn all objects that depend on those objects. It used only with state=absent. Mutually exclusive with concurrent=yes
columns list / elements=string		List of index columns that need to be covered by index. Mutually exclusive with state=absent. aliases: column
concurrent boolean	Choices: no yes ←	Enable or disable concurrent mode (CREATE / DROP INDEX CONCURRENTLY). Pay attention, if concurrent=no, the table will be locked (ACCESS EXCLUSIVE) during the building process. For more information about the lock levels see https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/explicit-locking.html. If the building process was interrupted for any reason when cuncurrent=yes, the index becomes invalid. In this case it should be dropped and created again. Mutually exclusive with cascade=yes.
cond string		Index conditions. Mutually exclusive with state=absent.
db string		Name of database to connect to and where the index will be created/dropped. aliases: login_db
idxname string / required		Name of the index to create or drop. aliases: name
idxtype string		Index type (like btree, gist, gin, etc.). Mutually exclusive with state=absent. aliases: type
login_host string		Host running the database.
login_password string		The password used to authenticate with.
login_unix_socket string		Path to a Unix domain socket for local connections.
login_user string	Default: "postgres"	The username used to authenticate with.
port integer	Default: 5432	Database port to connect to. aliases: login_port
schema string		Name of a database schema where the index will be created.
session_role string		Switch to session_role after connecting. The specified session_role must be a role that the current login_user is a member of. Permissions checking for SQL commands is carried out as though the session_role were the one that had logged in originally.
ssl_mode string	Choices: allow disable prefer ← require verify-ca verify-full	Determines whether or with what priority a secure SSL TCP/IP connection will be negotiated with the server. See https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/libpq-ssl.html for more information on the modes. Default of `prefer` matches libpq default.
state string	Choices: absent present ←	Index state. state=present implies the index will be created if it does not exist. state=absent implies the index will be dropped if it exists.
storage_params list / elements=string		Storage parameters like fillfactor, vacuum_cleanup_index_scale_factor, etc. Mutually exclusive with state=absent.
table string / required		Table to create index on it. Mutually exclusive with state=absent.
tablespace string		Set a tablespace for the index. Mutually exclusive with state=absent.

Notes ¶

Note

The index building process can affect database performance.
To avoid table locks on production databases, use concurrent=yes (default behavior).
The default authentication assumes that you are either logging in as or sudo’ing to the postgres account on the host.
To avoid “Peer authentication failed for user postgres” error, use postgres user as a become_user.
This module uses psycopg2, a Python PostgreSQL database adapter. You must ensure that psycopg2 is installed on the host before using this module.
If the remote host is the PostgreSQL server (which is the default case), then PostgreSQL must also be installed on the remote host.
For Ubuntu-based systems, install the postgresql, libpq-dev, and python-psycopg2 packages on the remote host before using this module.
The ca_cert parameter requires at least Postgres version 8.4 and psycopg2 version 2.4.3.

Examples ¶

- name: Create btree index if not exists test_idx concurrently covering columns id and name of table products
  postgresql_idx:
    db: acme
    table: products
    columns: id,name
    name: test_idx

- name: Create btree index test_idx concurrently with tablespace called ssd and storage parameter
  postgresql_idx:
    db: acme
    table: products
    columns:
    - id
    - name
    idxname: test_idx
    tablespace: ssd
    storage_params:
    - fillfactor=90

- name: Create gist index test_gist_idx concurrently on column geo_data of table map
  postgresql_idx:
    db: somedb
    table: map
    idxtype: gist
    columns: geo_data
    idxname: test_gist_idx

# Note: for the example below pg_trgm extension must be installed for gin_trgm_ops
- name: Create gin index gin0_idx not concurrently on column comment of table test
  postgresql_idx:
    idxname: gin0_idx
    table: test
    columns: comment gin_trgm_ops
    concurrent: no
    idxtype: gin

- name: Drop btree test_idx concurrently
  postgresql_idx:
    db: mydb
    idxname: test_idx
    state: absent

- name: Drop test_idx cascade
  postgresql_idx:
    db: mydb
    idxname: test_idx
    state: absent
    cascade: yes
    concurrent: no

- name: Create btree index test_idx concurrently on columns id,comment where column id > 1
  postgresql_idx:
    db: mydb
    table: test
    columns: id,comment
    idxname: test_idx
    cond: id > 1

Return Values ¶

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

Key	Returned	Description
name string	always	Index name. Sample: foo_idx
query string	always	Query that was tried to be executed. Sample: CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY foo_idx ON test_table USING BTREE (id)
schema string	always	Schema where index exists. Sample: public
state string	always	Index state. Sample: present
storage_params list	always	Index storage parameters. Sample: ['fillfactor=90']
tablespace string	always	Tablespace where index exists. Sample: ssd
valid boolean	always	Index validity. Sample: True

Status ¶

This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors¶

Andrew Klychkov (@Andersson007)

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