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pythonpipansible
rzysia
rzysia

Reputation: 737

Check python module version with ansible

Is there any way to create ansible playbook that finds out what version of python module is currently installed on destination host? I don't want to install specified version, I just want to know if it is present or not (example responses module installed: version 12.03 or module not installed)

With pip ansible module I found, that there is no state to ensure if something is installed, only possibilities is to install or remove

Upvotes: 5

Views: 8321

Answers (1)

John L
John L

Reputation: 417

How about this for POSIX systems?

- name: check version of pytz
  shell: pip show pytz | grep Version | cut -d ' ' -f 2
  ignore_errors: true
  changed_when: false
  register: pytz_version

To just print the module version:

- debug: var=pytz_version.stdout

You can also use the version as a 'when' clause in other tasks:

- name: Do something requiring pytz 2012d
  command: foo
  when: pytz_version.stdout | search("2012d")

Upvotes: 3

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