modprobe – Load or unload kernel modules

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modprobe – Load or unload kernel modules

New in version 1.4.


Synopsis

  • Load or unload kernel modules.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments

name

- / required

Name of kernel module to manage.

params

-

added in 1.6

Default:

""

Modules parameters.

state

-

  • absent
  • present

Whether the module should be present or absent.



Examples

- name: Add the 802.1q module
  modprobe:
    name: 8021q
    state: present

- name: Add the dummy module
  modprobe:
    name: dummy
    state: present
    params: 'numdummies=2'

Status

Authors

  • David Stygstra (@stygstra)
  • Julien Dauphant
  • Matt Jeffery

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