atomic_container - Manage the containers on the atomic host platform¶

New in version 2.4.

Synopsis
- Requirements
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Return Values
Status
Maintenance
- Author

Synopsis ¶

Manage the containers on the atomic host platform
Allows to manage the lifecycle of a container on the atomic host platform

Requirements ¶

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

atomic
python >= 2.6

Parameters ¶

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
backend required	Choices: docker ostree	Define the backend to use for the container
image required		The image to use to install the container
mode required	Choices: user system	Define if it is an user or a system container
name required		Name of the container
rootfs		Define the rootfs of the image
state required	Choices: latest ← present absent rollback	State of the container
values		Values for the installation of the container. This option is permitted only with mode 'user' or 'system'. The values specified here will be used at installation time as --set arguments for atomic install.

Notes ¶

Note

Host should support atomic command

Examples ¶

# Install the etcd system container
- atomic_container:
    name: etcd
    image: rhel/etcd
    backend: ostree
    state: latest
    mode: system
    values:
        - ETCD_NAME=etcd.server

# Uninstall the etcd system container
- atomic_container:
    name: etcd
    image: rhel/etcd
    backend: ostree
    state: absent
    mode: system

Return Values ¶

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

Key	Returned	Description
msg string	always	The command standard output Sample: [{"u'Using default tag": "latest ...'"}]

Status ¶

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

Maintenance ¶

This module is flagged as community which means that it is maintained by the Ansible Community. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.

For a list of other modules that are also maintained by the Ansible Community, see here.

Author ¶

Giuseppe Scrivano (@giuseppe)

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