community.general.locale_gen module – Creates or removes locales
Note
This module is part of the community.general collection (version 5.8.3).
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.locale_gen
.
Synopsis
Manages locales by editing /etc/locale.gen and invoking locale-gen.
Parameters
Parameter |
Comments |
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Name and encoding of the locale, such as “en_GB.UTF-8”. |
|
Whether the locale shall be present. Choices:
|
Examples
- name: Ensure a locale exists
community.general.locale_gen:
name: de_CH.UTF-8
state: present
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