W3cubDocs

/Ansible

win_psmodule - Adds or removes a Powershell Module.

New in version 2.4.

Synopsis

  • This module helps to install Powershell modules and register custom modules repository on Windows Server.

Options

parameter required default choices comments
allow_clobber
 no
  • False
  • True
If yes imports all commands, even if they have the same names as commands that already exists. Available only in Powershell 5.1 or higher.
name
 yes
Name of the powershell module that has to be installed.
repository
 no
Name of the custom repository to register.
state
 no present
  • present
  • absent
If present a new module is installed. If absent a module is removed.
url
 no
Url of the custom repository.

Examples

---
- name: Add a powershell module
  win_psmodule:
    name: PowershellModule
    state: present

- name: Add a powershell module and register a repository
  win_psmodule:
    name: MyCustomModule
    repository: MyRepository
    url: https://myrepo.com
    state: present

- name: Remove a powershell module
  win_psmodule:
    name: PowershellModule
    state: absent

- name: Remove a powershell module and a repository
  win_psmodule:
    name: MyCustomModule
    repository: MyRepository
    state: absent

Return Values

Common return values are documented here Return Values, the following are the fields unique to this module:

name description returned type sample
output
a message describing the task result.
 always string Module PowerShellCookbook installed
nuget_changed
true when Nuget package provider is installed
 always boolean True
repository_changed
true when a custom repository is installed or removed
 always boolean True

Notes

Note

  • Powershell 5.0 or higer is needed.

Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

For help in developing on modules, should you be so inclined, please read Community Information & Contributing, Testing Ansible and Developing Modules.

© 2012–2017 Michael DeHaan
© 2017 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/win_psmodule_module.html