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debconf

Configure a .deb package using debconf-set-selections.

Attributes

check_mode:
  support: full

Parameters

Parameter	Required	Type	Values	Description
name	true	string		Name of package to configure.
question		string		A debconf configuration setting.
unseen		boolean		Do not set ‘seen’ flag when pre-seeding.
value		string		Value to set the configuration to.
vtype		string	string password boolean select multiselect note text error title seen	The type of the value supplied (string, password, boolean, select, multiselect, note, text, error, title, seen).

Example

- name: Set default locale to fr_FR.UTF-8
  debconf:
    name: locales
    question: locales/default_environment_locale
    value: fr_FR.UTF-8
    vtype: select

- name: Set to generate locales
  debconf:
    name: locales
    question: locales/locales_to_be_generated
    value: en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8, fr_FR.UTF-8 UTF-8
    vtype: multiselect

- name: Accept oracle license
  debconf:
    name: oracle-java7-installer
    question: shared/accepted-oracle-license-v1-1
    value: "true"
    vtype: select

- name: Query package settings
  debconf:
    name: tzdata
  register: tzdata_settings

- name: Pre-configure tripwire site passphrase
  debconf:
    name: tripwire
    question: tripwire/site-passphrase
    value: "{{ site_passphrase }}"
    vtype: password