modprobe - Load or unload kernel modules

New in version 1.4.

Synopsis

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
name
required
Name of kernel module to manage.
params
(added in 1.6)
 Default:
Modules parameters.
state
    Choices:
  • absent
  • present ←
Whether the module should be present or absent.

Examples

- name: Add the 802.1q module
  modprobe:
    name: 8021q
    state: present

- name: Add the dummy module
  modprobe:
    name: dummy
    state: present
    params: 'numdummies=2'

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

  • David Stygstra (@stygstra)
  • Julien Dauphant
  • Matt Jeffery

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