#!/usr/bin/env python2 #coding: utf-8 -*- # This module is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by # the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or # (at your option) any later version. # # This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the # GNU General Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License # along with this software. If not, see . DOCUMENTATION = ''' --- module: modprobe short_description: Add or remove kernel modules requirements: [] version_added: 1.4 description: - Add or remove kernel modules. options: name: required: true description: - Name of kernel module to manage. state: required: false default: "present" choices: [ present, absent ] description: - Whether the module should be present or absent. ''' EXAMPLES = ''' # Add the 802.1q module - modprobe: name=8021q state=present ''' def main(): module = AnsibleModule( argument_spec={ 'name': {'required': True}, 'state': {'default': 'present', 'choices': ['present', 'absent']}, }, supports_check_mode=True, ) args = { 'changed': False, 'failed': False, 'name': module.params['name'], 'state': module.params['state'], } # Check if module is present try: modules = open('/proc/modules') present = False for line in modules: if line.startswith(args['name'] + ' '): present = True break modules.close() except IOError, e: module.fail_json(msg=str(e), **args) # Check only; don't modify if module.check_mode: if args['state'] == 'present' and not present: changed = True elif args['state'] == 'absent' and present: changed = True else: changed = False module.exit_json(changed=changed) # Add/remove module as needed if args['state'] == 'present': if not present: rc, _, err = module.run_command(['modprobe', args['name']]) if rc != 0: module.fail_json(msg=err, **args) args['changed'] = True elif args['state'] == 'absent': if present: rc, _, err = module.run_command(['rmmod', args['name']]) if rc != 0: module.fail_json(msg=err, **args) args['changed'] = True module.exit_json(**args) # this is magic, see lib/ansible/module_common.py from ansible.module_utils.basic import * main()