community.general.pkg5_publisher module – Manages Solaris 11 Image Packaging System publishers

Note

This module is part of the community.general collection (version 6.6.9).

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.pkg5_publisher.

Synopsis

  • IPS packages are the native packages in Solaris 11 and higher.

  • This modules will configure which publishers a client will download IPS packages from.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

enabled

boolean

Is the repository enabled or disabled?

Choices:

  • false

  • true

mirror

list / elements=string

A path or URL to the repository mirror.

Multiple values may be provided.

name

aliases: publisher

string / required

The publisher’s name.

origin

list / elements=string

A path or URL to the repository.

Multiple values may be provided.

state

string

Whether to ensure that a publisher is present or absent.

Choices:

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "absent"

sticky

boolean

Packages installed from a sticky repository can only receive updates from that repository.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

Attributes

Attribute

Support

Description

check_mode

Support: none

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

diff_mode

Support: none

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

Examples

- name: Fetch packages for the solaris publisher direct from Oracle
  community.general.pkg5_publisher:
    name: solaris
    sticky: true
    origin: https://pkg.oracle.com/solaris/support/

- name: Configure a publisher for locally-produced packages
  community.general.pkg5_publisher:
    name: site
    origin: 'https://pkg.example.com/site/'

Authors

  • Peter Oliver (@mavit)