debconf – Configure a .deb package¶
Requirements¶
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- debconf
- debconf-utils
Parameters¶
Notes¶
Note
- This module requires the command line debconf tools.
- A number of questions have to be answered (depending on the package). Use ‘debconf-show <package>’ on any Debian or derivative with the package installed to see questions/settings available.
- Some distros will always record tasks involving the setting of passwords as changed. This is due to debconf-get-selections masking passwords.
- It is highly recommended to add no_log=True to task while handling sensitive information using this module.
Examples¶
- name: Set default locale to fr_FR.UTF-8
  debconf:
    name: locales
    question: locales/default_environment_locale
    value: fr_FR.UTF-8
    vtype: select
- name: Set to generate locales
  debconf:
    name: locales
    question: locales/locales_to_be_generated
    value: en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8, fr_FR.UTF-8 UTF-8
    vtype: multiselect
- name: Accept oracle license
  debconf:
    name: oracle-java7-installer
    question: shared/accepted-oracle-license-v1-1
    value: 'true'
    vtype: select
- name: Specifying package you can register/return the list of questions and current values
  debconf:
    name: tzdata
- name: Pre-configure tripwire site passphrase
  debconf:
    name: tripwire
    question: tripwire/site-passphrase
    value: "{{ site_passphrase }}"
    vtype: password
  no_log: True
Status¶
- This module is guaranteed to have backward compatible interface changes going forward. [stableinterface]
- This module is maintained by the Ansible Core Team. [core]
Red Hat Support¶
More information about Red Hat’s support of this module is available from this Red Hat Knowledge Base article.
Authors¶
- Brian Coca (@bcoca)
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