aix_inittab – Manages the inittab on AIX

Synopsis

• Manages the inittab on AIX.

Requirements

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

• itertools

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
action string / required	Choices: boot bootwait hold initdefault off once ondemand powerfail powerwait respawn sysinit wait	Action what the init has to do with this entry.
command string / required		What command has to run.
insertafter string		After which inittabline should the new entry inserted.
name string / required		Name of the inittab entry. aliases: service
runlevel string / required		Runlevel of the entry.
state string	Choices: absent present ←	Whether the entry should be present or absent in the inittab file.

Notes

Note

• The changes are persistent across reboots.
• You need root rights to read or adjust the inittab with the lsitab, chitab, mkitab or rmitab commands.
• Tested on AIX 7.1.

Examples

# Add service startmyservice to the inittab, directly after service existingservice.
- name: Add startmyservice to inittab
  aix_inittab:
    name: startmyservice
    runlevel: 4
    action: once
    command: echo hello
    insertafter: existingservice
    state: present
  become: yes

# Change inittab entry startmyservice to runlevel "2" and processaction "wait".
- name: Change startmyservice to inittab
  aix_inittab:
    name: startmyservice
    runlevel: 2
    action: wait
    command: echo hello
    state: present
  become: yes

- name: Remove startmyservice from inittab
  aix_inittab:
    name: startmyservice
    runlevel: 2
    action: wait
    command: echo hello
    state: absent
  become: yes

Return Values

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

Key	Returned	Description
changed boolean	always	Whether the inittab changed or not Sample: True
msg string	changed	Action done with the inittab entry Sample: changed inittab entry startmyservice
name string	always	Name of the adjusted inittab entry Sample: startmyservice

Status

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

Authors

• Joris Weijters (@molekuul)

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