locale_gen – Creates or removes locales

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Ansible/docs/2.7/modules/locale gen module


locale_gen – Creates or removes locales

New in version 1.6.


Synopsis

  • Manages locales by editing /etc/locale.gen and invoking locale-gen.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments

name

- / required

Name and encoding of the locale, such as "en_GB.UTF-8".

state

-

  • absent
  • present

Whether the locale shall be present.



Examples

- name: Ensure a locale exists
  locale_gen:
    name: de_CH.UTF-8
    state: present

Status

Authors

  • Augustus Kling (@AugustusKling)

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https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.7/modules/locale_gen_module.html