community.general.webfaction_app module – Add or remove applications on a Webfaction host

Note

This module is part of the community.general collection (version 4.8.3).

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.webfaction_app.

Synopsis

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

autostart

boolean

Whether the app should restart with an autostart.cgi script

Choices:

  • no ← (default)

  • yes

extra_info

string

Any extra parameters required by the app

Default: “”

login_name

string / required

The webfaction account to use

login_password

string / required

The webfaction password to use

machine

string

The machine name to use (optional for accounts with only one machine)

name

string / required

The name of the application

port_open

boolean

IF the port should be opened

Choices:

  • no ← (default)

  • yes

state

string

Whether the application should exist

Choices:

  • present ← (default)

  • absent

type

string / required

The type of application to create. See the Webfaction docs at https://docs.webfaction.com/xmlrpc-api/apps.html for a list.

Notes

Note

  • You can run playbooks that use this on a local machine, or on a Webfaction host, or elsewhere, since the scripts use the remote webfaction API. The location is not important. However, running them on multiple hosts simultaneously is best avoided. If you don’t specify localhost as your host, you may want to add serial: 1 to the plays.

  • See the webfaction API for more info.

Examples

- name: Create a test app
  community.general.webfaction_app:
    name: "my_wsgi_app1"
    state: present
    type: mod_wsgi35-python27
    login_name: "{{webfaction_user}}"
    login_password: "{{webfaction_passwd}}"
    machine: "{{webfaction_machine}}"

Authors

  • Quentin Stafford-Fraser (@quentinsf)