ansible.posix

An Ansible Collection of modules and plugins that target POSIX UNIX/Linux and derivative Operating Systems.

Supported Versions of Ansible

Ansible version compatibility

This collection has been tested against following Ansible versions: >=2.9.

For collections that support Ansible 2.9, please ensure you update your network_os to use the fully qualified collection name (for example, cisco.ios.ios). Plugins and modules within a collection may be tested with only specific Ansible versions. A collection may contain metadata that identifies these versions. PEP440 is the schema used to describe the versions of Ansible.

Included content

Modules

Name	Description
ansible.posix.acl	Set and retrieve file ACL information.
ansible.posix.at	Schedule the execution of a command or script file via the at command
ansible.posix.authorized_key	Adds or removes an SSH authorized key
ansible.posix.firewalld	Manage arbitrary ports/services with firewalld
ansible.posix.firewalld_info	Gather information about firewalld
ansible.posix.mount	Control active and configured mount points
ansible.posix.patch	Apply patch files using the GNU patch tool
ansible.posix.seboolean	Toggles SELinux booleans
ansible.posix.selinux	Change policy and state of SELinux
ansible.posix.synchronize	A wrapper around rsync to make common tasks in your playbooks quick and easy
ansible.posix.sysctl	Manage entries in sysctl.conf.

Installing this collection

You can install the ansible.posix collection with the Ansible Galaxy CLI:

ansible-galaxy collection install ansible.posix

You can also include it in a requirements.yml file and install it with ansible-galaxy collection install -r requirements.yml, using the format:

---
collections:
  - name: ansible.posix

Using this collection

See Ansible Using collections for more details.

NOTE: For Ansible 2.9, you may not see deprecation warnings when you run your playbooks with this collection. Use this documentation to track when a module is deprecated.

Contributing to this collection

We welcome community contributions to this collection. See Contributing to Ansible-maintained collections for complete details.

• Issues
• Pull Requests
• Ansible Community Guide

Code of Conduct

This collection follows the Ansible project's Code of Conduct. Please read and familiarize yourself with this document.

Release notes

See changelog for more details.

External requirements

None

Tested with Ansible

• ansible-core 2.14 (devel)
• ansible-core 2.13 (stable)
• ansible-core 2.12 (stable)
• ansible-core 2.11 (stable)
• ansible-base 2.10 (stable)
• ansible 2.9 (stable)

Roadmap

More information

• Ansible Collection overview
• Ansible User guide
• Ansible Developer guide
• Ansible Community code of conduct

Licensing

GNU General Public License v3.0 or later.

See COPYING to see the full text.