community.general.atomic_container – Manage the containers on the atomic host platform

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.atomic_container.

Synopsis

  • Manage the containers on the atomic host platform.

  • Allows to manage the lifecycle of a container on the atomic host platform.

Requirements

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

  • atomic

  • python >= 2.6

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
backend
string / required
    Choices:
  • docker
  • ostree
Define the backend to use for the container.
image
string / required
The image to use to install the container.
mode
string
    Choices:
  • user
  • system
Define if it is an user or a system container.
name
string / required
Name of the container.
rootfs
string
Define the rootfs of the image.
state
string
    Choices:
  • absent
  • latest ←
  • present
  • rollback
State of the container.
values
list / elements=string
Values for the installation of the container.
This option is permitted only with mode 'user' or 'system'.
The values specified here will be used at installation time as --set arguments for atomic install.

Notes

Note

  • Host should support atomic command

Examples

- name: Install the etcd system container
  community.general.atomic_container:
    name: etcd
    image: rhel/etcd
    backend: ostree
    state: latest
    mode: system
    values:
        - ETCD_NAME=etcd.server

- name: Uninstall the etcd system container
  community.general.atomic_container:
    name: etcd
    image: rhel/etcd
    backend: ostree
    state: absent
    mode: system

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
msg
string
always
The command standard output

Sample:
[{"u'Using default tag": "latest ...'"}]


Authors

  • Giuseppe Scrivano (@giuseppe)