lowlydba.sqlserver.sp_whoisactive module – Install/update sp_whoisactive by Adam Mechanic

Note

This module is part of the lowlydba.sqlserver collection (version 2.3.4).

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.sp_whoisactive.

New in lowlydba.sqlserver 0.1.0

Synopsis

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

Requirements

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

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

database

string / required

Name of the target database.

force

boolean

If this switch is enabled, then sp_WhoisActive 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 sp_WhoisActive from.

This can be either the zip file as distributed by the website or the expanded SQL script.

If this option is not specified, the latest version will be downloaded and installed from https://github.com/amachanic/sp_whoisactive/releases

sql_instance

string / required

The SQL Server instance to modify.

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/Update sp_whoisactive
  lowlydba.sqlserver.sp_whoisactive:
    sql_instance: sql-01.myco.io
    database: lowlydb

Return Values

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

Key

Description

data

dictionary

Output from the Install-DbaWhoIsActive function.

Returned: success, but not in check_mode.

Authors

  • John McCall (@lowlydba)