win_chocolatey – Manage packages using chocolatey¶

Synopsis
Requirements
Parameters
Notes
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Examples
Return Values
Status

Synopsis ¶

Manage packages using Chocolatey.
If Chocolatey is missing from the system, the module will install it.

Requirements ¶

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

chocolatey >= 0.10.5 (will be upgraded if older)

Parameters ¶

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
allow_empty_checksums boolean	Choices: no ← yes	Allow empty checksums to be used for downloaded resource from non-secure locations. Use win_chocolatey_feature with the name `allowEmptyChecksums` to control this option globally.
allow_multiple boolean added in 2.8	Choices: no ← yes	Allow the installation of multiple packages when version is specified. Having multiple packages at different versions can cause issues if the package doesn't support this. Use at your own risk.
allow_prerelease boolean added in 2.6	Choices: no ← yes	Allow the installation of pre-release packages. If state is `latest`, the latest pre-release package will be installed.
architecture string added in 2.7	Choices: default ← x86	Force Chocolatey to install the package of a specific process architecture. When setting `x86`, will ensure Chocolatey installs the x86 package even when on an x64 bit OS.
force boolean	Choices: no ← yes	Forces the install of a package, even if it already is installed. Using force will cause Ansible to always report that a change was made.
ignore_checksums boolean	Choices: no ← yes	Ignore the checksums provided by the package. Use win_chocolatey_feature with the name `checksumFiles` to control this option globally.
ignore_dependencies boolean	Choices: no ← yes	Ignore dependencies, only install/upgrade the package itself.
install_args string		Arguments to pass to the native installer. These are arguments that are passed directly to the installer the Chocolatey package runs, this is generally an advanced option.
name list / required		Name of the package(s) to be installed. Set to `all` to run the action on all the installed packages.
package_params string		Parameters to pass to the package. These are parameters specific to the Chocolatey package and are generally documented by the package itself. Before Ansible 2.7, this option was just params. aliases: params
pinned boolean added in 2.8	Choices: no yes	Whether to pin the Chocolatey package or not. If omitted then no checks on package pins are done. Will pin/unpin the specific version if version is set. Will pin the latest version of a package if `yes`, version is not set and and no pin already exists. Will unpin all versions of a package if `no` and version is not set. This is ignored when `state=absent`.
proxy_password string added in 2.4		Proxy password used to install Chocolatey and the package. This value is exposed as a command argument and any privileged account can see this value when the module is running Chocolatey, define the password on the global config level with win_chocolatey_config with name `proxyPassword` to avoid this.
proxy_url string added in 2.4		Proxy URL used to install chocolatey and the package. Use win_chocolatey_config with the name `proxy` to control this option globally.
proxy_username string added in 2.4		Proxy username used to install Chocolatey and the package. Before Ansible 2.7, users with double quote characters `"` would need to be escaped with `\` beforehand. This is no longer necessary. Use win_chocolatey_config with the name `proxyUser` to control this option globally.
skip_scripts boolean added in 2.4	Choices: no ← yes	Do not run chocolateyInstall.ps1 or chocolateyUninstall.ps1 scripts when installing a package.
source string		Specify the source to retrieve the package from. Use win_chocolatey_source to manage global sources. This value can either be the URL to a Chocolatey feed, a path to a folder containing `.nupkg` packages or the name of a source defined by win_chocolatey_source. This value is also used when Chocolatey is not installed as the location of the install.ps1 script and only supports URLs for this case.
source_password string added in 2.7		The password for source_username. This value is exposed as a command argument and any privileged account can see this value when the module is running Chocolatey, define the credentials with a source with win_chocolatey_source to avoid this.
source_username string added in 2.7		A username to use with source when accessing a feed that requires authentication. It is recommended you define the credentials on a source with win_chocolatey_source instead of passing it per task.
state string	Choices: absent downgrade latest present ← reinstalled	State of the package on the system. When `absent`, will ensure the package is not installed. When `present`, will ensure the package is installed. When `downgrade`, will allow Chocolatey to downgrade a package if version is older than the installed version. When `latest`, will ensure the package is installed to the latest available version. When `reinstalled`, will uninstall and reinstall the package.
timeout integer	Default: 2700	The time to allow chocolatey to finish before timing out. aliases: execution_timeout
validate_certs boolean added in 2.7	Choices: no yes ←	Used when downloading the Chocolatey install script if Chocolatey is not already installed, this does not affect the Chocolatey package install process. When `no`, no SSL certificates will be validated. This should only be used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificate.
version string		Specific version of the package to be installed. When state is set to `absent`, will uninstall the specific version otherwise all versions of that package will be removed. If a different version of package is installed, state must be `latest` or force set to `yes` to install the desired version. Provide as a string (e.g. `'6.1'`), otherwise it is considered to be a floating-point number and depending on the locale could become `6,1`, which will cause a failure. If name is set to `chocolatey` and Chocolatey is not installed on the host, this will be the version of Chocolatey that is installed. You can also set the `chocolateyVersion` environment var.

Notes ¶

Note

This module will install or upgrade Chocolatey when needed.
When using verbosity 2 or less (-vv) the stdout output will be restricted. When using verbosity 4 (-vvvv) the stdout output will be more verbose. When using verbosity 5 (-vvvvv) the stdout output will include debug output.
Some packages, like hotfixes or updates need an interactive user logon in order to install. You can use become to achieve this, see Become and Windows. Even if you are connecting as local Administrator, using become to become Administrator will give you an interactive user logon, see examples below.
If become is unavailable, use win_hotfix to install hotfixes instead of win_chocolatey as win_hotfix avoids using wusa.exe which cannot be run without become.

Examples ¶

- name: Install git
  win_chocolatey:
    name: git
    state: present

- name: Upgrade installed packages
  win_chocolatey:
    name: all
    state: latest

- name: Install notepadplusplus version 6.6
  win_chocolatey:
    name: notepadplusplus
    version: '6.6'

- name: Install notepadplusplus 32 bit version
  win_chocolatey:
    name: notepadplusplus
    architecture: x86

- name: Install git from specified repository
  win_chocolatey:
    name: git
    source: https://someserver/api/v2/

- name: Install git from a pre configured source (win_chocolatey_source)
  win_chocolatey:
    name: git
    source: internal_repo

- name: Ensure Chocolatey itself is installed and use internal repo as source
  win_chocolatey:
    name: chocolatey
    source: http://someserver/chocolatey

- name: Uninstall git
  win_chocolatey:
    name: git
    state: absent

- name: Install multiple packages
  win_chocolatey:
    name:
    - procexp
    - putty
    - windirstat
    state: present

- name: Install multiple packages sequentially
  win_chocolatey:
    name: '{{ item }}'
    state: present
  loop:
  - procexp
  - putty
  - windirstat

- name: Uninstall multiple packages
  win_chocolatey:
    name:
    - procexp
    - putty
    - windirstat
    state: absent

- name: Install curl using proxy
  win_chocolatey:
    name: curl
    proxy_url: http://proxy-server:8080/
    proxy_username: joe
    proxy_password: p@ssw0rd

- name: Install a package that requires 'become'
  win_chocolatey:
    name: officepro2013
  become: yes
  become_user: Administrator
  become_method: runas

- name: install and pin Notepad++ at 7.6.3
  win_chocolatey:
    name: notepadplusplus
    version: 7.6.3
    pinned: yes
    state: present

- name: remove all pins for Notepad++ on all versions
  win_chocolatey:
    name: notepadplusplus
    pinned: no
    state: present

Return Values ¶

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

Key	Returned	Description
command string	changed	The full command used in the chocolatey task. Sample: choco.exe install -r --no-progress -y sysinternals --timeout 2700 --failonunfound
rc integer	always	The return code from the chocolatey task.
stdout string	changed	The stdout from the chocolatey task. The verbosity level of the messages are affected by Ansible verbosity setting, see notes for more details. Sample: Chocolatey upgraded 1/1 packages.

Status ¶

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

Authors¶

Trond Hindenes (@trondhindenes)
Peter Mounce (@petemounce)
Pepe Barbe (@elventear)
Adam Keech (@smadam813)
Pierre Templier (@ptemplier)
Jordan Borean (@jborean93)

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