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community.general.lxc – Run tasks in lxc containers via lxc python library

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.lxc.

Synopsis

  • Run commands or put/fetch files to an existing lxc container using lxc python library

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Configuration Comments
executable
string
Default:
"/bin/sh"
var: ansible_executable
var: ansible_lxc_executable
Shell executable
remote_addr
string
Default:
"inventory_hostname"
var: ansible_host
var: ansible_lxc_host
Container identifier

Authors

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/general/lxc_connection.html