community.postgresql.postgresql_sequence module – Create, drop, or alter a PostgreSQL sequence

Note

This module is part of the community.postgresql collection (version 3.7.0).

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

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.postgresql.postgresql_sequence.

Synopsis

  • Allows to create, drop or change the definition of a sequence generator.

Requirements

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

  • psycopg2 >= 2.5.1

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

ca_cert

aliases: ssl_rootcert

string

Specifies the name of a file containing SSL certificate authority (CA) certificate(s).

If the file exists, the server’s certificate will be verified to be signed by one of these authorities.

cache

integer

Cache specifies how many sequence numbers are to be preallocated and stored in memory for faster access. The minimum value is 1 (only one value can be generated at a time, i.e., no cache), and this is also the default.

cascade

boolean

Automatically drop objects that depend on the sequence, and in turn all objects that depend on those objects.

Ignored if state=present.

Only used with state=absent.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

connect_params

dictionary

added in community.postgresql 2.3.0

Any additional parameters to be passed to libpg.

These parameters take precedence.

Default: {}

cycle

boolean

The cycle option allows the sequence to wrap around when the maxvalue or minvalue has been reached by an ascending or descending sequence respectively. If the limit is reached, the next number generated will be the minvalue or maxvalue, respectively.

If false (NO CYCLE) is specified, any calls to nextval after the sequence has reached its maximum value will return an error. False (NO CYCLE) is the default.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

data_type

string

Specifies the data type of the sequence. Valid types are bigint, integer, and smallint. bigint is the default. The data type determines the default minimum and maximum values of the sequence. For more info see the documentation https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/sql-createsequence.html.

Supported from PostgreSQL 10.

Choices:

  • "bigint"

  • "integer"

  • "smallint"

db

aliases: database, login_db

string

Name of database to connect to and run queries against.

Default: ""

increment

integer

Increment specifies which value is added to the current sequence value to create a new value.

A positive value will make an ascending sequence, a negative one a descending sequence. The default value is 1.

login_host

aliases: host

string

Host running the database.

If you have connection issues when using localhost, try to use 127.0.0.1 instead.

Default: ""

login_password

string

The password this module should use to establish its PostgreSQL session.

Default: ""

login_unix_socket

aliases: unix_socket

string

Path to a Unix domain socket for local connections.

Default: ""

login_user

aliases: login

string

The username this module should use to establish its PostgreSQL session.

Default: "postgres"

maxvalue

aliases: max

integer

Maxvalue determines the maximum value for the sequence. The default for an ascending sequence is the maximum value of the data type. The default for a descending sequence is -1.

minvalue

aliases: min

integer

Minvalue determines the minimum value a sequence can generate. The default for an ascending sequence is 1. The default for a descending sequence is the minimum value of the data type.

newschema

string

The new schema for the sequence. Will be used for moving a sequence to another schema.

Works only for existing sequences.

owner

string

Set the owner for the sequence.

port

aliases: login_port

integer

Database port to connect to.

Default: 5432

rename_to

string

The new name for the sequence.

Works only for existing sequences.

schema

string

The schema of the sequence. This is be used to create and relocate a sequence in the given schema.

Default: "public"

sequence

aliases: name

string / required

The name of the sequence.

session_role

string

Switch to session_role after connecting. The specified session_role must be a role that the current login_user is a member of.

Permissions checking for SQL commands is carried out as though the session_role were the one that had logged in originally.

ssl_cert

path

added in community.postgresql 2.4.0

Specifies the file name of the client SSL certificate.

ssl_key

path

added in community.postgresql 2.4.0

Specifies the location for the secret key used for the client certificate.

ssl_mode

string

Determines whether or with what priority a secure SSL TCP/IP connection will be negotiated with the server.

See https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/libpq-ssl.html for more information on the modes.

Default of prefer matches libpq default.

Choices:

  • "allow"

  • "disable"

  • "prefer" ← (default)

  • "require"

  • "verify-ca"

  • "verify-full"

start

integer

Start allows the sequence to begin anywhere. The default starting value is minvalue for ascending sequences and maxvalue for descending ones.

state

string

The sequence state.

If state=absent other options will be ignored except of name and schema.

Choices:

  • "absent"

  • "present" ← (default)

trust_input

boolean

added in community.postgresql 0.2.0

If false, check whether values of parameters sequence, schema, rename_to, owner, newschema, session_role are potentially dangerous.

It makes sense to use false only when SQL injections via the parameters are possible.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

Attributes

Attribute

Support

Description

check_mode

Support: full

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

Notes

Note

  • If you do not pass db parameter, sequence will be created in the database named postgres.

  • The default authentication assumes that you are either logging in as or sudo’ing to the postgres account on the host.

  • To avoid “Peer authentication failed for user postgres” error, use postgres user as a become_user.

  • This module uses psycopg, a Python PostgreSQL database adapter. You must ensure that psycopg2 >= 2.5.1 or psycopg3 >= 3.1.8 is installed on the host before using this module.

  • If the remote host is the PostgreSQL server (which is the default case), then PostgreSQL must also be installed on the remote host.

  • For Ubuntu-based systems, install the postgresql, libpq-dev, and python3-psycopg2 packages on the remote host before using this module.

See Also

See also

community.postgresql.postgresql_table

Create, drop, or modify a PostgreSQL table.

community.postgresql.postgresql_owner

Change an owner of PostgreSQL database object.

community.postgresql.postgresql_privs

Grant or revoke privileges on PostgreSQL database objects.

community.postgresql.postgresql_tablespace

Add or remove PostgreSQL tablespaces from remote hosts.

CREATE SEQUENCE reference

Complete reference of the CREATE SEQUENCE command documentation.

ALTER SEQUENCE reference

Complete reference of the ALTER SEQUENCE command documentation.

DROP SEQUENCE reference

Complete reference of the DROP SEQUENCE command documentation.

Examples

- name: Create an ascending bigint sequence called foobar in the default
        database
  community.postgresql.postgresql_sequence:
    name: foobar

- name: Create an ascending integer sequence called foobar, starting at 101
  community.postgresql.postgresql_sequence:
    name: foobar
    data_type: integer
    start: 101

- name: Create an descending sequence called foobar, starting at 101 and
        preallocated 10 sequence numbers in cache
  community.postgresql.postgresql_sequence:
    name: foobar
    increment: -1
    cache: 10
    start: 101

- name: Create an ascending sequence called foobar, which cycle between 1 to 10
  community.postgresql.postgresql_sequence:
    name: foobar
    cycle: true
    min: 1
    max: 10

- name: Create an ascending bigint sequence called foobar in the default
        database with owner foobar
  community.postgresql.postgresql_sequence:
    name: foobar
    owner: foobar

- name: Rename an existing sequence named foo to bar
  community.postgresql.postgresql_sequence:
    name: foo
    rename_to: bar

- name: Change the schema of an existing sequence to foobar
  community.postgresql.postgresql_sequence:
    name: foobar
    newschema: foobar

- name: Change the owner of an existing sequence to foobar
  community.postgresql.postgresql_sequence:
    name: foobar
    owner: foobar

- name: Drop a sequence called foobar
  community.postgresql.postgresql_sequence:
    name: foobar
    state: absent

- name: Drop a sequence called foobar with cascade
  community.postgresql.postgresql_sequence:
    name: foobar
    cascade: true
    state: absent

Return Values

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

Key

Description

cycle

boolean

Shows if the sequence cycle or not.

Returned: success

Sample: false

data_type

string

Shows the current data type of the sequence.

Returned: success

Sample: "bigint"

increment

integer

The value of increment of the sequence. A positive value will make an ascending sequence, a negative one a descending sequence.

Returned: success

Sample: -1

maxvalue

integer

The value of maxvalue of the sequence.

Returned: success

Sample: 9223372036854775807

minvalue

integer

The value of minvalue of the sequence.

Returned: success

Sample: 1

newname

string

Shows the new sequence name after rename.

Returned: success

Sample: "barfoo"

newschema

string

Shows the new schema of the sequence after schema change.

Returned: success

Sample: "foobar"

owner

string

Shows the current owner of the sequence after the successful run of the task.

Returned: success

Sample: "postgres"

queries

string

List of queries that was tried to be executed.

Returned: success

Sample: "['CREATE SEQUENCE \"foo\"']"

schema

string

Name of the schema of the sequence.

Returned: success

Sample: "foo"

sequence

string

Sequence name.

Returned: success

Sample: "foobar"

start

integer

The value of start of the sequence.

Returned: success

Sample: 12

state

string

Sequence state at the end of execution.

Returned: success

Sample: "present"

Authors

  • Tobias Birkefeld (@tcraxs)

  • Thomas O’Donnell (@andytom)