Note
This plugin is part of the community.general collection.
To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.general.
To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.github_release.
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| action string / required |
| Action to perform |
| body string | Description of the release when creating a release | |
| draft boolean |
| Sets if the release is a draft or not. (boolean) |
| name string | Name of release when creating a release | |
| password string | The GitHub account password for the user. Mutually exclusive with token. | |
| prerelease boolean |
| Sets if the release is a prerelease or not. (boolean) |
| repo string / required | Repository name | |
| tag string | Tag name when creating a release. Required when using action is set to create_release. | |
| target string | Target of release when creating a release | |
| token string | GitHub Personal Access Token for authenticating. Mutually exclusive with password. | |
| user string / required | The GitHub account that owns the repository |
- name: Get latest release of a public repository
community.general.github_release:
user: ansible
repo: ansible
action: latest_release
- name: Get latest release of testuseer/testrepo
community.general.github_release:
token: tokenabc1234567890
user: testuser
repo: testrepo
action: latest_release
- name: Get latest release of test repo using username and password. Ansible 2.4.
community.general.github_release:
user: testuser
password: secret123
repo: testrepo
action: latest_release
- name: Create a new release
community.general.github_release:
token: tokenabc1234567890
user: testuser
repo: testrepo
action: create_release
tag: test
target: master
name: My Release
body: Some description
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
| Key | Returned | Description |
|---|---|---|
| create_release string | success | Version of the created release For Ansible version 2.5 and later, if specified release version already exists, then State is unchanged For Ansible versions prior to 2.5, if specified release version already exists, then State is skipped Sample: 1.1.0 |
| latest_release string | success | Version of the latest release Sample: 1.1.0 |
© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.10/collections/community/general/github_release_module.html