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docker – Run tasks in docker containers¶

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Synopsis ¶

Run commands or put/fetch files to an existing docker container.

Parameters ¶

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Configuration	Comments
docker_extra_args -	Default: ""		Extra arguments to pass to the docker command line
remote_addr -	Default: "inventory_hostname"	var: ansible_host var: ansible_docker_host	The name of the container you want to access.
remote_user -		var: ansible_user var: ansible_docker_user	The user to execute as inside the container

Status ¶

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

Authors¶

Lorin Hochestein
Leendert Brouwer

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