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community.general.atomic_image – Manage the container images on the atomic host platform
Note
This plugin is part of the community.general collection (version 3.8.1).
You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.
To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.general.
To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.atomic_image.
Synopsis
- Manage the container images on the atomic host platform.
 - Allows to execute the commands specified by the RUN label in the container image when present.
 
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- atomic
 - python >= 2.6
 
Parameters
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | 
|---|---|---|
| backend
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Define the backend where the image is pulled.
         | 
     
| name
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        Name of the container image.
         | 
     |
| started
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Start or Stop the container.
         | 
     
| state
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        The state of the container image.
        
       
        The state  latest will ensure container image is upgraded to the latest version and forcefully restart container, if running.
        | 
     
Notes
Note
- Host should support 
atomiccommand. 
Examples
- name: Execute the run command on rsyslog container image (atomic run rhel7/rsyslog)
  community.general.atomic_image:
    name: rhel7/rsyslog
    state: latest
- name: Pull busybox to the OSTree backend
  community.general.atomic_image:
    name: busybox
    state: latest
    backend: ostree
  Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
| Key | Returned | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| msg
        
        string
         | 
      always | 
        
        The command standard output
         Sample:
        
       
        [{"u'Using default tag": "latest ...'"}]
         | 
     
Authors
- Saravanan KR (@krsacme)
 
© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
 https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/general/atomic_image_module.html