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community.windows.win_feature_info – Gather information about Windows features

Note

This plugin is part of the community.windows collection (version 1.7.0).

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.windows.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.windows.win_feature_info.

New in version 1.4.0: of community.windows

Synopsis

  • Gather information about all or a specific installed Windows feature(s).

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
name
string
Default:
"*"
If specified, this is used to match the name of the Windows feature to get the info for.
Can be a wildcard to match multiple features but the wildcard will only be matched on the name of the feature.
If omitted then all features will returned.

See Also

See also

ansible.windows.win_feature

The official documentation on the ansible.windows.win_feature module.

Examples

- name: Get info for all installed features
  community.windows.win_feature_info:
  register: feature_info
- name: Get info for a single feature
  community.windows.win_feature_info:
    name: DNS
  register: feature_info
- name: Find all features that start with 'FS'
  ansible.windows.win_feature_info:
    name: FS*

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
exists
boolean
always
Whether any features were found based on the criteria specified.

Sample:
True
features
list / elements=dictionary
always
A list of feature(s) that were found based on the criteria.
Will be an empty list if no features were found.

additional_info
dictionary
success
A list of privileges that the feature requires and will run with

install_name
string
success
The action to perform once triggered, can be start_feature or stop_feature.

Sample:
ADCertificateServicesRole
major_version
integer
success
Major Version of feature name.

Sample:
8
minor_version
integer
success
Minor Version of feature name.

number_id_version
integer
success
Numberic Id of feature name.

Sample:
16
best_practices_model_id
string
success
BestPracticesModelId for feature name.

Sample:
Microsoft/Windows/UpdateServices
depends_on
list / elements=string
success
The command line that will be run when a run_command failure action is fired.

Sample:
['Web-Static-Content', 'Web-Default-Doc']
depth
integer
success
Depth of name feature.

Sample:
1
description
string
success
The description of the feature.

Sample:
Example description of the Windows feature.
display_name
string
success
The Display name of feature found.

Sample:
Active Directory Certificate Services
event_query
string
success
The EventQuery for feature name.
This will be null if None Present

Sample:
IPAMServer.Events.xml
feature_type
string
success
The Feature Type of name.
Values will be one of Role, Role Service, Feature.

Sample:
Feature
install_state
string
success
The Install State of name.
Values will be one of Available, Removed, Installed.

Sample:
Installed
installed
boolean
success
Whether the feature by name is installed.

name
string
success
Name of feature found.

Sample:
AD-Certificate
parent
string
success
The parent of feature name if present.

Sample:
PowerShellRoot
path
string
success
The Path of name feature.

Sample:
WoW64 Support
post_configuration_needed
boolean
success
Tells if Post Configuration is needed for feature name.

server_component_descriptor
string
success
Descriptor of name feature.

Sample:
ServerComponent_AD_Certificate
sub_features
list / elements=string
success
List of sub features names of feature name.

Sample:
['WAS-Process-Model', 'WAS-NET-Environment', 'WAS-Config-APIs']
system_service
list / elements=string
success
The name of the service installed by feature name.

Sample:
['iisadmin', 'w3svc']


Authors

  • Larry Lane (@gamethis)

© 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/windows/win_feature_info_module.html