community.general.lbu – Local Backup Utility for Alpine Linux

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.lbu.

New in version 0.2.0: of community.general

Synopsis

  • Manage Local Backup Utility of Alpine Linux in run-from-RAM mode

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
commit
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Control whether to commit changed files.
exclude
list / elements=string
List of paths to exclude.
include
list / elements=string
List of paths to include.

Examples

# Commit changed files (if any)
- name: Commit
  community.general.lbu:
    commit: true

# Exclude path and commit
- name: Exclude directory
  community.general.lbu:
    commit: true
    exclude:
    - /etc/opt

# Include paths without committing
- name: Include file and directory
  community.general.lbu:
    include:
    - /root/.ssh/authorized_keys
    - /var/lib/misc

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
msg
string
on failure
Error message


Authors

  • Kaarle Ritvanen (@kunkku)