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community.general.kernel_blacklist – Blacklist kernel modules

Note

This plugin is part of the community.general collection (version 3.8.1).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. 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 Choices/Defaults Comments
blacklist_file
string
Default:
"/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-ansible.conf"
If specified, use this blacklist file instead of /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-ansible.conf.
name
string / required
Name of kernel module to black- or whitelist.
state
string
    Choices:
  • absent
  • present ←
Whether the module should be present in the blacklist or absent.

Examples

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

Authors

  • Matthias Vogelgesang (@matze)

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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/general/kernel_blacklist_module.html