community.general.lxc – Run tasks in lxc containers via lxc python library

Note

This plugin is part of the community.general collection (version 3.8.3).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.general.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.lxc.

Synopsis

  • Run commands or put/fetch files to an existing lxc container using lxc python library

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

executable

string

Shell executable

Default: “/bin/sh”

Configuration:

  • Variable: ansible_executable

  • Variable: ansible_lxc_executable

remote_addr

string

Container identifier

Default: “inventory_hostname”

Configuration:

  • Variable: ansible_host

  • Variable: ansible_lxc_host

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