Answer by Zach Smith for How to unify package installation tasks in ansible?
The answers above all seem to link to broken pages. This looks like the correct URL: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/ansible/builtin/package_module.html
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From Ansible 2.0 there is the new Package-modul.http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/package_module.htmlYou can then use it like your proposal:- name: install the latest version of Apache package:...
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You can abstract out package managers via facts- name: Install packages with_items: package_list action: "{{ ansible_pkg_mgr }} state=installed name={{ item }}"All you need is some logic that sets...
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Check out Ansible's documentation on Conditional Imports.One task to ensure that apache is running even if the service names is different across each OS.---- hosts: all remote_user: root vars_files: -...
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Update: As of Ansible 2.0, there is now a generic & abstracted package moduleUsage Examples:Now when the package name is the same across different OS families, it's as simple as:---- name: Install...
View ArticleAnswer by Mxx for How to unify package installation tasks in ansible?
You do not want to do that because certain package names differ between distros.For example on RHEL-related distros the popular web server package is named httpd, where as on Debian-related distros...
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I am starting with ansible and will use it, among others, to install packages on several Linux distros.I see in the docs that the yum and apt commands are separated - what would be the easiest way to...
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