The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| allow_empty_checksums boolean |
| Allow empty checksums to be used for downloaded resource from non-secure locations. Use win_chocolatey_feature with the name allowEmptyChecksums to control this option globally. |
| allow_multiple boolean added in 2.8 |
| Allow the installation of multiple packages when version is specified. Having multiple packages at different versions can cause issues if the package doesn't support this. Use at your own risk. |
| allow_prerelease boolean added in 2.6 |
| Allow the installation of pre-release packages. If state is latest, the latest pre-release package will be installed. |
| architecture string added in 2.7 |
| Force Chocolatey to install the package of a specific process architecture. When setting x86, will ensure Chocolatey installs the x86 package even when on an x64 bit OS. |
| force boolean |
| Forces the install of a package, even if it already is installed. Using force will cause Ansible to always report that a change was made. |
| ignore_checksums boolean |
| Ignore the checksums provided by the package. Use win_chocolatey_feature with the name checksumFiles to control this option globally. |
| ignore_dependencies boolean |
| Ignore dependencies, only install/upgrade the package itself. |
| install_args string | Arguments to pass to the native installer. These are arguments that are passed directly to the installer the Chocolatey package runs, this is generally an advanced option. | |
| name list / required | Name of the package(s) to be installed. Set to all to run the action on all the installed packages. | |
| package_params string | Parameters to pass to the package. These are parameters specific to the Chocolatey package and are generally documented by the package itself. Before Ansible 2.7, this option was just params. aliases: params | |
| pinned boolean added in 2.8 |
| Whether to pin the Chocolatey package or not. If omitted then no checks on package pins are done. Will pin/unpin the specific version if version is set. Will pin the latest version of a package if yes, version is not set and and no pin already exists.Will unpin all versions of a package if no and version is not set.This is ignored when state=absent. |
| proxy_password string added in 2.4 | Proxy password used to install Chocolatey and the package. This value is exposed as a command argument and any privileged account can see this value when the module is running Chocolatey, define the password on the global config level with win_chocolatey_config with name proxyPassword to avoid this. | |
| proxy_url string added in 2.4 | Proxy URL used to install chocolatey and the package. Use win_chocolatey_config with the name proxy to control this option globally. | |
| proxy_username string added in 2.4 | Proxy username used to install Chocolatey and the package. Before Ansible 2.7, users with double quote characters " would need to be escaped with \ beforehand. This is no longer necessary.Use win_chocolatey_config with the name proxyUser to control this option globally. | |
| skip_scripts boolean added in 2.4 |
| Do not run chocolateyInstall.ps1 or chocolateyUninstall.ps1 scripts when installing a package. |
| source string | Specify the source to retrieve the package from. Use win_chocolatey_source to manage global sources. This value can either be the URL to a Chocolatey feed, a path to a folder containing .nupkg packages or the name of a source defined by win_chocolatey_source.This value is also used when Chocolatey is not installed as the location of the install.ps1 script and only supports URLs for this case. | |
| source_password string added in 2.7 | The password for source_username. This value is exposed as a command argument and any privileged account can see this value when the module is running Chocolatey, define the credentials with a source with win_chocolatey_source to avoid this. | |
| source_username string added in 2.7 | A username to use with source when accessing a feed that requires authentication. It is recommended you define the credentials on a source with win_chocolatey_source instead of passing it per task. | |
| state string |
| State of the package on the system. When absent, will ensure the package is not installed.When present, will ensure the package is installed.When downgrade, will allow Chocolatey to downgrade a package if version is older than the installed version.When latest, will ensure the package is installed to the latest available version.When reinstalled, will uninstall and reinstall the package. |
| timeout integer | Default: 2700 | The time to allow chocolatey to finish before timing out. aliases: execution_timeout |
| validate_certs boolean added in 2.7 |
| Used when downloading the Chocolatey install script if Chocolatey is not already installed, this does not affect the Chocolatey package install process. When no, no SSL certificates will be validated.This should only be used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificate. |
| version string | Specific version of the package to be installed. When state is set to absent, will uninstall the specific version otherwise all versions of that package will be removed.If a different version of package is installed, state must be latest or force set to yes to install the desired version.Provide as a string (e.g. '6.1'), otherwise it is considered to be a floating-point number and depending on the locale could become 6,1, which will cause a failure.If name is set to chocolatey and Chocolatey is not installed on the host, this will be the version of Chocolatey that is installed. You can also set the chocolateyVersion environment var. |
Note
-vv) the stdout output will be restricted. When using verbosity 4 (-vvvv) the stdout output will be more verbose. When using verbosity 5 (-vvvvv) the stdout output will include debug output.become to achieve this, see Become and Windows. Even if you are connecting as local Administrator, using become to become Administrator will give you an interactive user logon, see examples below.become is unavailable, use win_hotfix to install hotfixes instead of win_chocolatey as win_hotfix avoids using wusa.exe which cannot be run without become.See also
become is unavailable, to avoid using wusa.exe.become to achieve this.- name: Install git
win_chocolatey:
name: git
state: present
- name: Upgrade installed packages
win_chocolatey:
name: all
state: latest
- name: Install notepadplusplus version 6.6
win_chocolatey:
name: notepadplusplus
version: '6.6'
- name: Install notepadplusplus 32 bit version
win_chocolatey:
name: notepadplusplus
architecture: x86
- name: Install git from specified repository
win_chocolatey:
name: git
source: https://someserver/api/v2/
- name: Install git from a pre configured source (win_chocolatey_source)
win_chocolatey:
name: git
source: internal_repo
- name: Ensure Chocolatey itself is installed and use internal repo as source
win_chocolatey:
name: chocolatey
source: http://someserver/chocolatey
- name: Uninstall git
win_chocolatey:
name: git
state: absent
- name: Install multiple packages
win_chocolatey:
name:
- procexp
- putty
- windirstat
state: present
- name: Install multiple packages sequentially
win_chocolatey:
name: '{{ item }}'
state: present
loop:
- procexp
- putty
- windirstat
- name: Uninstall multiple packages
win_chocolatey:
name:
- procexp
- putty
- windirstat
state: absent
- name: Install curl using proxy
win_chocolatey:
name: curl
proxy_url: http://proxy-server:8080/
proxy_username: joe
proxy_password: p@ssw0rd
- name: Install a package that requires 'become'
win_chocolatey:
name: officepro2013
become: yes
become_user: Administrator
become_method: runas
- name: install and pin Notepad++ at 7.6.3
win_chocolatey:
name: notepadplusplus
version: 7.6.3
pinned: yes
state: present
- name: remove all pins for Notepad++ on all versions
win_chocolatey:
name: notepadplusplus
pinned: no
state: present
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
| Key | Returned | Description |
|---|---|---|
| command string | changed | The full command used in the chocolatey task. Sample: choco.exe install -r --no-progress -y sysinternals --timeout 2700 --failonunfound |
| rc integer | always | The return code from the chocolatey task. |
| stdout string | changed | The stdout from the chocolatey task. The verbosity level of the messages are affected by Ansible verbosity setting, see notes for more details. Sample: Chocolatey upgraded 1/1 packages. |
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