xattr – Manage user defined extended attributes¶
Synopsis¶
- Manages filesystem user defined extended attributes.
- Requires that extended attributes are enabled on the target filesystem and that the setfattr/getfattr utilities are present.
Parameters¶
Notes¶
Note
- As of Ansible 2.3, the name option has been changed to path as default, but name still works as well.
Examples¶
- name: Obtain the extended attributes  of /etc/foo.conf
  xattr:
    path: /etc/foo.conf
- name: Set the key 'user.foo' to value 'bar'
  xattr:
    path: /etc/foo.conf
    key: foo
    value: bar
- name: Set the key 'trusted.glusterfs.volume-id' to value '0x817b94343f164f199e5b573b4ea1f914'
  xattr:
    path: /mnt/bricks/brick1
    namespace: trusted
    key: glusterfs.volume-id
    value: "0x817b94343f164f199e5b573b4ea1f914"
- name: Remove the key 'user.foo'
  xattr:
    path: /etc/foo.conf
    key: foo
    state: absent
- name: Remove the key 'trusted.glusterfs.volume-id'
  xattr:
    path: /mnt/bricks/brick1
    namespace: trusted
    key: glusterfs.volume-id
    state: absent
Status¶
- This module is guaranteed to have backward compatible interface changes going forward. [stableinterface]
- This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]
Authors¶
- Brian Coca (@bcoca)
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