community.general.sefcontext module – Manages SELinux file context mapping definitions
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
.
You need further requirements to be able to use this module,
see Requirements for details.
To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.sefcontext
.
Synopsis
Manages SELinux file context mapping definitions.
Similar to the
semanage fcontext
command.
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
libselinux-python
policycoreutils-python
Parameters
Parameter |
Comments |
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The file type that should have SELinux contexts applied. The following file type options are available:
Choices:
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Useful for scenarios (chrooted environment) that you can’t get the real SELinux state. Choices:
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Reload SELinux policy after commit. Note that this does not apply SELinux file contexts to existing files. Choices:
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SELinux range for the specified target. |
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SELinux type for the specified target. |
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SELinux user for the specified target. |
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Whether the SELinux file context must be Choices:
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Target path (expression). |
Notes
Note
The changes are persistent across reboots.
The community.general.sefcontext module does not modify existing files to the new SELinux context(s), so it is advisable to first create the SELinux file contexts before creating files, or run
restorecon
manually for the existing files that require the new SELinux file contexts.Not applying SELinux fcontexts to existing files is a deliberate decision as it would be unclear what reported changes would entail to, and there’s no guarantee that applying SELinux fcontext does not pick up other unrelated prior changes.
Examples
- name: Allow apache to modify files in /srv/git_repos
community.general.sefcontext:
target: '/srv/git_repos(/.*)?'
setype: httpd_git_rw_content_t
state: present
- name: Apply new SELinux file context to filesystem
ansible.builtin.command: restorecon -irv /srv/git_repos
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