community.mongodb.mongodb_parameter – Change an administrative parameter on a MongoDB server

Note

This plugin is part of the community.mongodb collection (version 1.3.2).

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.mongodb.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.mongodb.mongodb_parameter.

New in version 1.0.0: of community.mongodb

Synopsis

  • Change an administrative parameter on a MongoDB server.

Requirements

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

  • pymongo

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

auth_mechanism

string

Authentication type.

Choices:

  • SCRAM-SHA-256

  • SCRAM-SHA-1

  • MONGODB-X509

  • GSSAPI

  • PLAIN

connection_options

list / elements=raw

Additional connection options.

Supply as a list of dicts or strings containing key value pairs seperated with ‘=’.

login_database

string

The database where login credentials are stored.

Default: “admin”

login_host

string

The host running MongoDB instance to login to.

Default: “localhost”

login_password

string

The password used to authenticate with.

Required when login_user is specified.

login_port

integer

The MongoDB server port to login to.

Default: 27017

login_user

string

The MongoDB user to login with.

Required when login_password is specified.

param

string / required

MongoDB administrative parameter to modify.

param_type

string

Define the type of parameter value.

Choices:

  • int

  • str ← (default)

replica_set

string

Replica set to connect to (automatically connects to primary for writes).

ssl

boolean

Whether to use an SSL connection when connecting to the database.

Choices:

  • no ← (default)

  • yes

ssl_ca_certs

string

The ssl_ca_certs option takes a path to a CA file.

ssl_cert_reqs

string

Specifies whether a certificate is required from the other side of the connection, and whether it will be validated if provided.

Choices:

  • CERT_NONE

  • CERT_OPTIONAL

  • CERT_REQUIRED ← (default)

ssl_certfile

string

Present a client certificate using the ssl_certfile option.

ssl_crlfile

string

The ssl_crlfile option takes a path to a CRL file.

ssl_keyfile

string

Private key for the client certificate.

ssl_pem_passphrase

string

Passphrase to decrypt encrypted private keys.

value

string / required

MongoDB administrative parameter value to set.

Notes

Note

Examples

- name: Set MongoDB syncdelay to 60 (this is an int)
  community.mongodb.mongodb_parameter:
    param: syncdelay
    value: 60
    param_type: int

Return Values

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

Key

Description

after

string

value after modification

Returned: success

before

string

value before modification

Returned: success

Authors

  • Loic Blot (@nerzhul)