lowlydba.sqlserver.dba_multitool module – Install/update the DBA Multitool suite by John McCall

Note

This module is part of the lowlydba.sqlserver collection (version 1.3.1).

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 lowlydba.sqlserver. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

To use it in a playbook, specify: lowlydba.sqlserver.dba_multitool.

New in lowlydba.sqlserver 0.7.0

Synopsis

  • A wrapper for Install-DbaMultiTool to fetch the latest version of the scripts, or install from a local cached version.

Requirements

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

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

branch

string

Specifies an alternate branch of the DBA MultiTool to install.

Choices:

  • "master"

  • "development"

database

string / required

Name of the target database.

force

boolean

If this switch is enabled, the DBA MultiTool will be downloaded from the internet even if previously cached.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

local_file

string

Specifies the path to a local file to install DBA MultiTool from. This should be the zip file as distributed by the maintainers.

If this option is not specified, the latest version will be downloaded and installed from https://github.com/LowlyDBA/dba-multitool/.

sql_instance

string / required

The target SQL Server instance or instances. Server version must be SQL Server version 2005 or higher.

sql_password

string

Password for SQL Authentication.

sql_username

string

Username for SQL Authentication.

Attributes

Attribute

Support

Description

check_mode

Support: full

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

platform

Platforms: all

Target OS/families that can be operated against.

Examples

- name: Install DBA MultiTool
  lowlydba.sqlserver.dba_multitool:
    sql_instance: test-server.my.company.com
    database: dba_tools

Return Values

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

Key

Description

data

dictionary

Modified output from the Install-DbaMultitool function.

Returned: success, but not in check_mode.

Authors

  • John McCall (@lowlydba)