community.general.snap module – Manages snaps

Note

This module is part of the community.general collection (version 7.5.2).

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.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.snap.

Synopsis

  • Manages snaps packages.

Aliases: packaging.os.snap

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

channel

string

Define which release of a snap is installed and tracked for updates. This option can only be specified if there is a single snap in the task.

If not passed, the snap command will default to stable.

If the value passed does not contain the track, it will default to latest. For example, if edge is passed, the module will assume the channel to be latest/edge.

See https://snapcraft.io/docs/channels for more details about snap channels.

classic

boolean

Confinement policy. The classic confinement allows a snap to have the same level of access to the system as “classic” packages, like those managed by APT. This option corresponds to the --classic argument. This option can only be specified if there is a single snap in the task.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

dangerous

boolean

added in community.general 7.2.0

Install the given snap file even if there are no pre-acknowledged signatures for it, meaning it was not verified and could be dangerous.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

name

list / elements=string / required

Name of the snaps to be installed.

Any named snap accepted by the snap command is valid.

Notice that snap files might require dangerous=true to ignore the error “cannot find signatures with metadata for snap”.

options

list / elements=string

added in community.general 4.4.0

Set options with pattern key=value or snap:key=value. If a snap name is given, the option will be applied to that snap only. If the snap name is omitted, the options will be applied to all snaps listed in name. Options will only be applied to active snaps.

state

string

Desired state of the package.

When state=present the module will use snap install if the snap is not installed, and snap refresh if it is installed but from a different channel.

Choices:

  • "absent"

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "enabled"

  • "disabled"

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.

See Also

See also

community.general.snap_alias

Manages snap aliases.

Examples

# Install "foo" and "bar" snap
- name: Install foo
  community.general.snap:
    name:
      - foo
      - bar

# Install "foo" snap with options par1=A and par2=B
- name: Install "foo" with options
  community.general.snap:
    name:
      - foo
    options:
      - par1=A
      - par2=B

# Install "foo" and "bar" snaps with common option com=A and specific options fooPar=X and barPar=Y
- name: Install "foo" and "bar" with options
  community.general.snap:
    name:
      - foo
      - bar
    options:
      - com=A
      - foo:fooPar=X
      - bar:barPar=Y

# Remove "foo" snap
- name: Remove foo
  community.general.snap:
    name: foo
    state: absent

# Install a snap with classic confinement
- name: Install "foo" with option --classic
  community.general.snap:
    name: foo
    classic: true

# Install a snap with from a specific channel
- name: Install "foo" with option --channel=latest/edge
  community.general.snap:
    name: foo
    channel: latest/edge

Return Values

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

Key

Description

channel

string

The channel the snaps were installed from

Returned: When snaps are installed

classic

boolean

Whether or not the snaps were installed with the classic confinement

Returned: When snaps are installed

cmd

string

The command that was executed on the host

Returned: When changed is true

options_changed

list / elements=string

added in community.general 4.4.0

The list of options set/changed in format snap:key=value.

Returned: When any options have been changed/set

snaps_installed

list / elements=string

The list of actually installed snaps

Returned: When any snaps have been installed

snaps_removed

list / elements=string

The list of actually removed snaps

Returned: When any snaps have been removed

Authors

  • Victor Carceler (@vcarceler)

  • Stanislas Lange (@angristan)