community.general.kernel_blacklist module – Blacklist kernel modules

Note

This module is part of the community.general collection (version 9.4.0).

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 community.general.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.kernel_blacklist.

Synopsis

  • Add or remove kernel modules from blacklist.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

blacklist_file

string

If specified, use this blacklist file instead of /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-ansible.conf.

Default: "/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-ansible.conf"

name

string / required

Name of kernel module to black- or whitelist.

state

string

Whether the module should be present in the blacklist or absent.

Choices:

  • "absent"

  • "present" ← (default)

Attributes

Attribute

Support

Description

check_mode

Support: full

Can run in check_mode and return changed status prediction without modifying target.

diff_mode

Support: full

Will return details on what has changed (or possibly needs changing in check_mode), when in diff mode.

Examples

- name: Blacklist the nouveau driver module
  community.general.kernel_blacklist:
    name: nouveau
    state: present

Authors

  • Matthias Vogelgesang (@matze)