ansible.posix.rhel_facts module – Facts module to set or override RHEL specific facts.

Note

This module is part of the ansible.posix collection (version 1.5.4).

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

To use it in a playbook, specify: ansible.posix.rhel_facts.

New in ansible.posix 1.5.0

Synopsis

  • Compatibility layer for using the “package” module for rpm-ostree based systems via setting the “pkg_mgr” fact correctly.

Requirements

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

  • rpm-ostree

See Also

See also

ansible.builtin.package

Generic OS package manager.

Examples

- name: Playbook to use the package module on all RHEL footprints
  vars:
    ansible_facts_modules:
      - setup # REQUIRED to be run before all custom fact modules
      - ansible.posix.rhel_facts
  tasks:
    - name: Ensure packages are installed
      ansible.builtin.package:
        name:
          - htop
          - ansible
        state: present

Returned Facts

Facts returned by this module are added/updated in the hostvars host facts and can be referenced by name just like any other host fact. They do not need to be registered in order to use them.

Key

Description

pkg_mgr

string

System-level package manager override

Returned: when needed

Sample: "{'pkg_mgr': 'ansible.posix.rhel_facts'}"

Authors

  • Adam Miller (@maxamillion)

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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/ansible/posix/rhel_facts_module.html