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community.general.sysrc – Manage FreeBSD using sysrc

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.sysrc.

New in version 2.0.0: of community.general

Synopsis

  • Manages /etc/rc.conf for FreeBSD.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
delim
string
Default:
" "
Delimiter to be used instead of .
Only used when state=value_present or state=value_absent.
jail
string
Name or ID of the jail to operate on.
name
string / required
Name of variable in /etc/rc.conf to manage.
path
string
Default:
"/etc/rc.conf"
Path to file to use instead of /etc/rc.conf.
state
string
    Choices:
  • absent
  • present ←
  • value_present
  • value_absent
Use present to add the variable.
Use absent to remove the variable.
Use value_present to add the value to the existing variable.
Use value_absent to remove the value from the existing variable.
value
string
The value to set when state=present.
The value to add when state=value_present.
The value to remove when state=value_absent.

Notes

Note

  • The name cannot contain periods as sysrc does not support OID style names.

Examples

---
# enable mysql in the /etc/rc.conf
- name: Configure mysql pid file
  community.general.sysrc:
    name: mysql_pidfile
    value: "/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid"

# enable accf_http kld in the boot loader
- name: Enable accf_http kld
  community.general.sysrc:
    name: accf_http_load
    state: present
    value: "YES"
    path: /boot/loader.conf

# add gif0 to cloned_interfaces
- name: Add gif0 interface
  community.general.sysrc:
    name: cloned_interfaces
    state: value_present
    value: "gif0"

# enable nginx on a jail
- name: Enable nginx in test jail
  community.general.sysrc:
    name: nginx_enable
    value: "YES"
    jail: testjail

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
changed
boolean
always
Return changed for sysrc actions.

Sample:
True


Authors

  • David Lundgren (@dlundgren)

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