community.general.sorcery module – Package manager for Source Mage GNU/Linux

Note

This module is part of the community.general collection (version 6.6.2).

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.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.sorcery.

Synopsis

  • Manages “spells” on Source Mage GNU/Linux using sorcery toolchain

Requirements

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

  • bash

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

cache_valid_time

integer

Time in seconds to invalidate grimoire collection on update

especially useful for SCM and rsync grimoires

makes sense only in pair with update_cache

Default: 0

depends

string

Comma-separated list of _optional_ dependencies to build a spell (or make sure it is built) with; use +/- in front of dependency to turn it on/off (‘+’ is optional though)

this option is ignored if name parameter is equal to ‘*’ or contains more than one spell

providers must be supplied in the form recognized by Sorcery, e.g. ‘openssl(SSL)’

name

aliases: spell

list / elements=string

Name of the spell

multiple names can be given, separated by commas

special value ‘*’ in conjunction with states latest or rebuild will update or rebuild the whole system respectively

state

string

Whether to cast, dispel or rebuild a package

state cast is an equivalent of present, not latest

state latest always triggers update_cache=true

state rebuild implies cast of all specified spells, not only those existed before

Choices:

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "latest"

  • "absent"

  • "cast"

  • "dispelled"

  • "rebuild"

update

boolean

Whether or not to update sorcery scripts at the very first stage

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

update_cache

aliases: update_codex

boolean

Whether or not to update grimoire collection before casting spells

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

Attributes

Attribute

Support

Description

check_mode

Support: full

Can run in check_mode and return changed status prediction without modifying target.

diff_mode

Support: none

Will return details on what has changed (or possibly needs changing in check_mode), when in diff mode.

Notes

Note

  • When all three components are selected, the update goes by the sequence – Sorcery -> Grimoire(s) -> Spell(s); you cannot override it.

  • grimoire handling (i.e. add/remove, including SCM/rsync versions) is not yet supported.

Examples

- name: Make sure spell foo is installed
  community.general.sorcery:
    spell: foo
    state: present

- name: Make sure spells foo, bar and baz are removed
  community.general.sorcery:
    spell: foo,bar,baz
    state: absent

- name: Make sure spell foo with dependencies bar and baz is installed
  community.general.sorcery:
    spell: foo
    depends: bar,baz
    state: present

- name: Make sure spell foo with bar and without baz dependencies is installed
  community.general.sorcery:
    spell: foo
    depends: +bar,-baz
    state: present

- name: Make sure spell foo with libressl (providing SSL) dependency is installed
  community.general.sorcery:
    spell: foo
    depends: libressl(SSL)
    state: present

- name: Make sure spells with/without required dependencies (if any) are installed
  community.general.sorcery:
    name: "{{ item.spell }}"
    depends: "{{ item.depends | default(None) }}"
    state: present
  loop:
    - { spell: 'vifm', depends: '+file,-gtk+2' }
    - { spell: 'fwknop', depends: 'gpgme' }
    - { spell: 'pv,tnftp,tor' }

- name: Install the latest version of spell foo using regular glossary
  community.general.sorcery:
    name: foo
    state: latest

- name: Rebuild spell foo
  community.general.sorcery:
    spell: foo
    state: rebuild

- name: Rebuild the whole system, but update Sorcery and Codex first
  community.general.sorcery:
    spell: '*'
    state: rebuild
    update: true
    update_cache: true

- name: Refresh the grimoire collection if it is 1 day old using native sorcerous alias
  community.general.sorcery:
    update_codex: true
    cache_valid_time: 86400

- name: Update only Sorcery itself
  community.general.sorcery:
    update: true

Authors

  • Vlad Glagolev (@vaygr)