kibana_plugin - Manage Kibana plugins

New in version 2.2.

Synopsis

  • Manages Kibana plugins.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
force
    Choices:
  • yes
  • no ←
Delete and re-install the plugin. Can be useful for plugins update
name
required
Name of the plugin to install
plugin_bin Default:
/opt/kibana/bin/kibana
Location of the plugin binary
plugin_dir Default:
/opt/kibana/installedPlugins/
Your configured plugin directory specified in Kibana
state
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
Desired state of a plugin.
timeout Default:
1m
Timeout setting: 30s, 1m, 1h...
url Default:
None
Set exact URL to download the plugin from. For local file, prefix its absolute path with file://
version Default:
None
Version of the plugin to be installed. If plugin exists with previous version, it will NOT be updated if force is not set to yes

Examples

- name: Install Elasticsearch head plugin
  kibana_plugin:
    state: present
    name: elasticsearch/marvel

- name: Install specific version of a plugin
  kibana_plugin:
    state: present
    name: elasticsearch/marvel
    version: '2.3.3'

- name: Uninstall Elasticsearch head plugin
  kibana_plugin:
    state: absent
    name: elasticsearch/marvel

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
cmd
string
 success
the launched command during plugin mangement (install / remove)
name
string
 success
the plugin name to install or remove
state
string
 success
the state for the managed plugin
stderr
string
 success
the command stderr
stdout
string
 success
the command stdout
timeout
string
 success
the timeout for plugin download
url
string
 success
the url from where the plugin is installed from


Status

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

Author

  • Thierno IB. BARRY (@barryib)

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