community.general.alternatives – Manages alternative programs for common commands¶
Note
This plugin is part of the community.general collection (version 2.5.1).
To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.general
.
To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.alternatives
.
Synopsis¶
Manages symbolic links using the ‘update-alternatives’ tool.
Useful when multiple programs are installed but provide similar functionality (e.g. different editors).
Requirements¶
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
update-alternatives
Parameters¶
Examples¶
- name: Correct java version selected
community.general.alternatives:
name: java
path: /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/java
- name: Alternatives link created
community.general.alternatives:
name: hadoop-conf
link: /etc/hadoop/conf
path: /etc/hadoop/conf.ansible
- name: Make java 32 bit an alternative with low priority
community.general.alternatives:
name: java
path: /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-i386/jre/bin/java
priority: -10
Authors¶
David Wittman (@DavidWittman)
Gabe Mulley (@mulby)