community.general.rpm_ostree_pkg module – Install or uninstall overlay additional packages

Note

This module is part of the community.general collection (version 10.0.1).

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 community.general.

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

New in community.general 2.0.0

Synopsis

  • Install or uninstall overlay additional packages using rpm-ostree command.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

name

aliases: pkg

list / elements=string / required

Name of overlay package to install or remove.

state

string

State of the overlay package.

present simply ensures that a desired package is installed.

absent removes the specified package.

Choices:

  • "absent"

  • "present" ← (default)

Attributes

Attribute

Support

Description

check_mode

Support: none

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.

Examples

- name: Install overlay package
  community.general.rpm_ostree_pkg:
    name: nfs-utils
    state: present

- name: Remove overlay package
  community.general.rpm_ostree_pkg:
    name: nfs-utils
    state: absent

# In case a different transaction is currently running the module would fail.
# Adding a delay can help mitigate this problem:
- name: Install overlay package
  community.general.rpm_ostree_pkg:
    name: nfs-utils
    state: present
  register: rpm_ostree_pkg
  until: rpm_ostree_pkg is not failed
  retries: 10
  dealy: 30

Return Values

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

Key

Description

action

string

Action performed.

Returned: always

Sample: "install"

changed

boolean

State changes.

Returned: always

Sample: true

cmd

string

Full command used for performed action.

Returned: always

Sample: "rpm-ostree uninstall --allow-inactive --idempotent --unchanged-exit-77 nfs-utils"

packages

list / elements=string

A list of packages specified.

Returned: always

Sample: ["nfs-utils"]

rc

integer

Return code of rpm-ostree command.

Returned: always

Sample: 0

stderr

string

Stderr of rpm-ostree command.

Returned: always

Sample: ""

stdout

string

Stdout of rpm-ostree command.

Returned: always

Sample: "Staging deployment...done\\n..."

Authors

  • Dusty Mabe (@dustymabe)

  • Abhijeet Kasurde (@Akasurde)