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Description
<!-- Describe the collection and why a user would want to use it. What does the collection do? -->An Ansible Collection of modules and plugins that target POSIX UNIX/Linux and derivative Operating Systems.
Requirements
- Python:
- The Python interpreter version must meet Ansible Core's requirements.
- Ansible Core:
- ansible-core 2.15 or later
Installation
Before using this collection, you need to install it with the Ansible Galaxy command-line tool:
ansible-galaxy collection install ansible.posix
You can also include it in a requirements.yml file and install it with ansible-galaxy collection install -r requirements.yml, using the format:
collections:
- name: ansible.posix
Note that if you install any collections from Ansible Galaxy, they will not be upgraded automatically when you upgrade the Ansible package. To upgrade the collection to the latest available version, run the following command:
ansible-galaxy collection install ansible.posix --upgrade
You can also install a specific version of the collection, for example, if you need to downgrade when something is broken in the latest version (please report an issue in this repository). Use the following syntax to install version 1.0.0:
ansible-galaxy collection install ansible.posix:==1.0.0
See using Ansible collections for more details.
- The Ansible Bullhorn newsletter: used to announce releases and important changes.
For more information about communication, see the Ansible communication guide.
Use Cases
You can see the general use-cases as an example by ansible-doc command like below.
For example, ansible.posix.firewalld module:
ansible-doc ansible.posix.firewalld
Also, if you want to confirm the plugins descriptions, you can follow the following option with ansible-doc command:
For example, ansible.posix.profile_tasks callback plugin:
ansible-doc -t callback ansible.posix.profile_tasks
Testing
The following ansible-core versions have been tested with this collection:
- ansible-core 2.19 (devel)
- ansible-core 2.18 (stable) *
- ansible-core 2.17 (stable)
- ansible-core 2.16 (stable)
- ansible-core 2.15 (stable)
Contributing
We welcome community contributions to this collection. For more details, see Contributing to Ansible-maintained collections for complete details.
Support
See Communication section.
Release Notes and Roadmap
See changelog for more details.
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License Information
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later.
See COPYING to see the full text.