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community.postgresql.postgresql_sequence module – Create, drop, or alter a PostgreSQL sequence

Note

This module is part of the community.postgresql collection (version 1.7.4).

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.postgresql.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.postgresql.postgresql_sequence.

Synopsis

• Allows to create, drop or change the definition of a sequence generator.

Requirements

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

• psycopg2

Parameters

Parameter	Comments
ca_cert aliases: ssl_rootcert string	Specifies the name of a file containing SSL certificate authority (CA) certificate(s). If the file exists, the server’s certificate will be verified to be signed by one of these authorities.
cache integer	Cache specifies how many sequence numbers are to be preallocated and stored in memory for faster access. The minimum value is 1 (only one value can be generated at a time, i.e., no cache), and this is also the default.
cascade boolean	Automatically drop objects that depend on the sequence, and in turn all objects that depend on those objects. Ignored if state=present. Only used with state=absent. Choices: no ← (default) yes
cycle boolean	The cycle option allows the sequence to wrap around when the maxvalue or minvalue has been reached by an ascending or descending sequence respectively. If the limit is reached, the next number generated will be the minvalue or maxvalue, respectively. If false (NO CYCLE) is specified, any calls to nextval after the sequence has reached its maximum value will return an error. False (NO CYCLE) is the default. Choices: no ← (default) yes
data_type string	Specifies the data type of the sequence. Valid types are bigint, integer, and smallint. bigint is the default. The data type determines the default minimum and maximum values of the sequence. For more info see the documentation https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/sql-createsequence.html. Supported from PostgreSQL 10. Choices: bigint integer smallint
db aliases: database, login_db string	Name of database to connect to and run queries against.
increment integer	Increment specifies which value is added to the current sequence value to create a new value. A positive value will make an ascending sequence, a negative one a descending sequence. The default value is 1.
login_host string	Host running the database. If you have connection issues when using localhost, try to use 127.0.0.1 instead.
login_password string	The password this module should use to establish its PostgreSQL session.
login_unix_socket string	Path to a Unix domain socket for local connections.
login_user string	The username this module should use to establish its PostgreSQL session. Default: “postgres”
maxvalue aliases: max integer	Maxvalue determines the maximum value for the sequence. The default for an ascending sequence is the maximum value of the data type. The default for a descending sequence is -1.
minvalue aliases: min integer	Minvalue determines the minimum value a sequence can generate. The default for an ascending sequence is 1. The default for a descending sequence is the minimum value of the data type.
newschema string	The new schema for the sequence. Will be used for moving a sequence to another schema. Works only for existing sequences.
owner string	Set the owner for the sequence.
port aliases: login_port integer	Database port to connect to. Default: 5432
rename_to string	The new name for the sequence. Works only for existing sequences.
schema string	The schema of the sequence. This is be used to create and relocate a sequence in the given schema. Default: “public”
sequence aliases: name string / required	The name of the sequence.
session_role string	Switch to session_role after connecting. The specified session_role must be a role that the current login_user is a member of. Permissions checking for SQL commands is carried out as though the session_role were the one that had logged in originally.
ssl_mode string	Determines whether or with what priority a secure SSL TCP/IP connection will be negotiated with the server. See https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/libpq-ssl.html for more information on the modes. Default of prefer matches libpq default. Choices: allow disable prefer ← (default) require verify-ca verify-full
start integer	Start allows the sequence to begin anywhere. The default starting value is minvalue for ascending sequences and maxvalue for descending ones.
state string	The sequence state. If state=absent other options will be ignored except of name and schema. Choices: absent present ← (default)
trust_input boolean added in 0.2.0 of community.postgresql	If no, check whether values of parameters sequence, schema, rename_to, owner, newschema, session_role are potentially dangerous. It makes sense to use no only when SQL injections via the parameters are possible. Choices: no yes ← (default)

Notes

Note

• Supports check_mode.

• If you do not pass db parameter, sequence will be created in the database named postgres.

• The default authentication assumes that you are either logging in as or sudo’ing to the postgres account on the host.

• To avoid “Peer authentication failed for user postgres” error, use postgres user as a become_user.

• This module uses psycopg2, a Python PostgreSQL database adapter. You must ensure that psycopg2 is installed on the host before using this module.

• If the remote host is the PostgreSQL server (which is the default case), then PostgreSQL must also be installed on the remote host.

• For Ubuntu-based systems, install the postgresql, libpq-dev, and python-psycopg2 packages on the remote host before using this module.

• The ca_cert parameter requires at least Postgres version 8.4 and psycopg2 version 2.4.3.

See Also

See also

community.postgresql.postgresql_table

The official documentation on the community.postgresql.postgresql_table module.

community.postgresql.postgresql_owner

The official documentation on the community.postgresql.postgresql_owner module.

community.postgresql.postgresql_privs

The official documentation on the community.postgresql.postgresql_privs module.

community.postgresql.postgresql_tablespace

The official documentation on the community.postgresql.postgresql_tablespace module.

CREATE SEQUENCE reference

Complete reference of the CREATE SEQUENCE command documentation.

ALTER SEQUENCE reference

Complete reference of the ALTER SEQUENCE command documentation.

DROP SEQUENCE reference

Complete reference of the DROP SEQUENCE command documentation.

Examples

- name: Create an ascending bigint sequence called foobar in the default
        database
  community.postgresql.postgresql_sequence:
    name: foobar

- name: Create an ascending integer sequence called foobar, starting at 101
  community.postgresql.postgresql_sequence:
    name: foobar
    data_type: integer
    start: 101

- name: Create an descending sequence called foobar, starting at 101 and
        preallocated 10 sequence numbers in cache
  community.postgresql.postgresql_sequence:
    name: foobar
    increment: -1
    cache: 10
    start: 101

- name: Create an ascending sequence called foobar, which cycle between 1 to 10
  community.postgresql.postgresql_sequence:
    name: foobar
    cycle: yes
    min: 1
    max: 10

- name: Create an ascending bigint sequence called foobar in the default
        database with owner foobar
  community.postgresql.postgresql_sequence:
    name: foobar
    owner: foobar

- name: Rename an existing sequence named foo to bar
  community.postgresql.postgresql_sequence:
    name: foo
    rename_to: bar

- name: Change the schema of an existing sequence to foobar
  community.postgresql.postgresql_sequence:
    name: foobar
    newschema: foobar

- name: Change the owner of an existing sequence to foobar
  community.postgresql.postgresql_sequence:
    name: foobar
    owner: foobar

- name: Drop a sequence called foobar
  community.postgresql.postgresql_sequence:
    name: foobar
    state: absent

- name: Drop a sequence called foobar with cascade
  community.postgresql.postgresql_sequence:
    name: foobar
    cascade: yes
    state: absent

Return Values

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

Key	Description
cycle string	Shows if the sequence cycle or not. Returned: always Sample: “NO”
data_type string	Shows the current data type of the sequence. Returned: always Sample: “bigint”
increment integer	The value of increment of the sequence. A positive value will make an ascending sequence, a negative one a descending sequence. Returned: always Sample: “-1”
maxvalue integer	The value of maxvalue of the sequence. Returned: always Sample: “9223372036854775807”
minvalue integer	The value of minvalue of the sequence. Returned: always Sample: “1”
newname string	Shows the new sequence name after rename. Returned: on success Sample: “barfoo”
newschema string	Shows the new schema of the sequence after schema change. Returned: on success Sample: “foobar”
owner string	Shows the current owner of the sequence after the successful run of the task. Returned: always Sample: “postgres”
queries string	List of queries that was tried to be executed. Returned: always Sample: [“CREATE SEQUENCE \”foo\””]
schema string	Name of the schema of the sequence. Returned: always Sample: “foo”
sequence string	Sequence name. Returned: always Sample: “foobar”
start integer	The value of start of the sequence. Returned: always Sample: “12”
state string	Sequence state at the end of execution. Returned: always Sample: “present”

Authors

• Tobias Birkefeld (@tcraxs)

• Thomas O’Donnell (@andytom)

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