community.general.make module – Run targets in a Makefile

Note

This module is part of the community.general collection (version 8.5.0).

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

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

Synopsis

  • Run targets in a Makefile.

Aliases: system.make

Requirements

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

  • make

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

chdir

path / required

Change to this directory before running make.

file

path

Use a custom Makefile.

jobs

integer

added in community.general 2.0.0

Set the number of make jobs to run concurrently.

Typically if set, this would be the number of processors and/or threads available to the machine.

This is not supported by all make implementations.

make

path

added in community.general 0.2.0

Use a specific make binary.

params

dictionary

Any extra parameters to pass to make.

If the value is empty, only the key will be used. For example, FOO: will produce FOO, not FOO=.

target

string

The target to run.

Typically this would be something like install, test, or all.

target and targets are mutually exclusive.

targets

list / elements=string

added in community.general 7.2.0

The list of targets to run.

Typically this would be something like install, test, or all.

target and targets are mutually exclusive.

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.

Examples

- name: Build the default target
  community.general.make:
    chdir: /home/ubuntu/cool-project

- name: Run 'install' target as root
  community.general.make:
    chdir: /home/ubuntu/cool-project
    target: install
  become: true

- name: Build 'all' target with extra arguments
  community.general.make:
    chdir: /home/ubuntu/cool-project
    target: all
    params:
      NUM_THREADS: 4
      BACKEND: lapack

- name: Build 'all' target with a custom Makefile
  community.general.make:
    chdir: /home/ubuntu/cool-project
    target: all
    file: /some-project/Makefile

- name: build arm64 kernel on FreeBSD, with 16 parallel jobs
  community.general.make:
    chdir: /usr/src
    jobs: 16
    target: buildkernel
    params:
      # This adds -DWITH_FDT to the command line:
      -DWITH_FDT:
      # The following adds TARGET=arm64 TARGET_ARCH=aarch64 to the command line:
      TARGET: arm64
      TARGET_ARCH: aarch64

Return Values

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

Key

Description

chdir

string

The value of the module parameter chdir.

Returned: success

command

string

added in community.general 6.5.0

The command built and executed by the module.

Returned: success

file

string

The value of the module parameter file.

Returned: success

jobs

integer

The value of the module parameter jobs.

Returned: success

params

dictionary

The value of the module parameter params.

Returned: success

target

string

The value of the module parameter target.

Returned: success

targets

string

added in community.general 7.2.0

The value of the module parameter targets.

Returned: success

Authors

  • Linus Unnebäck (@LinusU)