community.general.alternatives – Manages alternative programs for common commands
community.general.alternatives – Manages alternative programs for common commands
Note
This plugin is part of the community.general collection (version 1.3.2).
To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.general
.
To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.alternatives
.
Synopsis
- Manages symbolic links using the ‘update-alternatives’ tool.
- Useful when multiple programs are installed but provide similar functionality (e.g. different editors).
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- update-alternatives
Parameters
Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments |
---|---|---|
link path |
The path to the symbolic link that should point to the real executable. This option is always required on RHEL-based distributions. On Debian-based distributions this option is required when the alternative name is unknown to the system. | |
name string / required |
The generic name of the link. | |
path path / required |
The path to the real executable that the link should point to. | |
priority integer |
Default: 50 |
The priority of the alternative. |
Examples
- name: Correct java version selected
community.general.alternatives:
name: java
path: /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/java
- name: Alternatives link created
community.general.alternatives:
name: hadoop-conf
link: /etc/hadoop/conf
path: /etc/hadoop/conf.ansible
- name: Make java 32 bit an alternative with low priority
community.general.alternatives:
name: java
path: /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-i386/jre/bin/java
priority: -10
Authors
- David Wittman (@DavidWittman)
- Gabe Mulley (@mulby)
© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2019 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.10/collections/community/general/alternatives_module.html