locale_gen - Creates or removes locales

New in version 1.6.

Synopsis

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
name
required
Name and encoding of the locale, such as "en_GB.UTF-8".
state
    Choices:
  • absent
  • present ←
Whether the locale shall be present.

Examples

- name: Ensure a locale exists
  locale_gen:
    name: de_CH.UTF-8
    state: present

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

  • Augustus Kling (@AugustusKling)

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