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community.kubernetes.helm_plugin_info – Gather information about Helm plugins

Note

This plugin is part of the community.kubernetes collection (version 1.2.1).

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.kubernetes.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.kubernetes.helm_plugin_info.

New in version 1.0.0: of community.kubernetes

Synopsis

• Gather information about Helm plugins installed in namespace.

Note

This module has a corresponding action plugin.

Requirements

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

• helm (https://github.com/helm/helm/releases)

Parameters

Parameter	Comments
api_key string added in 1.2.0 of community.kubernetes	Token used to authenticate with the API. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_API_KEY environment variable.
binary_path path	The path of a helm binary to use.
ca_cert aliases: ssl_ca_cert path added in 1.2.0 of community.kubernetes	Path to a CA certificate used to authenticate with the API. The full certificate chain must be provided to avoid certificate validation errors. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_SSL_CA_CERT environment variable.
context aliases: kube_context string	Helm option to specify which kubeconfig context to use. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable K8S_AUTH_CONTEXT will be used instead.
host string added in 1.2.0 of community.kubernetes	Provide a URL for accessing the API. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_HOST environment variable.
kubeconfig aliases: kubeconfig_path path	Helm option to specify kubeconfig path to use. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable K8S_AUTH_KUBECONFIG will be used instead.
plugin_name string	Name of Helm plugin, to gather particular plugin info.
release_namespace aliases: namespace string	Kubernetes namespace where the helm plugins are installed.
validate_certs aliases: verify_ssl boolean added in 1.2.0 of community.kubernetes	Whether or not to verify the API server’s SSL certificates. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_VERIFY_SSL environment variable. Choices: no yes ← (default)

Examples

- name: Gather Helm plugin info
  community.kubernetes.helm_plugin_info:

- name: Gather Helm env plugin info
  community.kubernetes.helm_plugin_info:
    plugin_name: env

Return Values

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

Key	Description
command string	Full helm command built by this module, in case you want to re-run the command outside the module or debug a problem. Returned: always Sample: “helm plugin list …”
plugin_list list / elements=string	Helm plugin dict inside a list Returned: always Sample: {“description”: “Print out the helm environment.”, “name”: “env”, “version”: “0.1.0”}
rc integer	Helm plugin command return code Returned: always Sample: 1
stderr string	Full helm command stderr, in case you want to display it or examine the event log Returned: always Sample: “”
stdout string	Full helm command stdout, in case you want to display it or examine the event log Returned: always Sample: “”

Authors

• Abhijeet Kasurde (@Akasurde)