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community.general.swupd – Manages updates and bundles in ClearLinux systems.

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.swupd.

Synopsis

  • Manages updates and bundles with the swupd bundle manager, which is used by the Clear Linux Project for Intel Architecture.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
contenturl
string
URL pointing to the contents of available bundles. If not specified, the contents are retrieved from clearlinux.org.
format
string
The format suffix for version file downloads. For example [1,2,3,staging,etc]. If not specified, the default format is used.
manifest
integer
The manifest contains information about the bundles at certain version of the OS. Specify a Manifest version to verify against that version or leave unspecified to verify against the current version.

aliases: release, version
name
string
Name of the (I)bundle to install or remove.

aliases: bundle
state
string
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
Indicates the desired (I)bundle state. present ensures the bundle is installed while absent ensures the (I)bundle is not installed.
update
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Updates the OS to the latest version.
url
string
Overrides both contenturl and versionurl.
verify
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Verify content for OS version.
versionurl
string
URL for version string download.

Examples

- name: Update the OS to the latest version
  community.general.swupd:
    update: yes

- name: Installs the "foo" bundle
  community.general.swupd:
    name: foo
    state: present

- name: Removes the "foo" bundle
  community.general.swupd:
    name: foo
    state: absent

- name: Check integrity of filesystem
  community.general.swupd:
    verify: yes

- name: Downgrade OS to release 12920
  community.general.swupd:
    verify: yes
    manifest: 12920

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key Returned Description
stderr
string
always
stderr of swupd
stdout
string
always
stdout of swupd


Authors

  • Alberto Murillo (@albertomurillo)

© 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/swupd_module.html