selinux - Change policy and state of SELinux

Synopsis

  • Configures the SELinux mode and policy. A reboot may be required after usage. Ansible will not issue this reboot but will let you know when it is required.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • libselinux-python

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
conf Default:
/etc/selinux/config
path to the SELinux configuration file, if non-standard

aliases: configfile, file
policy Default:
None
name of the SELinux policy to use (example: targeted) will be required if state is not disabled
state
required
    Choices:
  • enforcing
  • permissive
  • disabled
Default:
None
The SELinux mode

Notes

Note

  • Not tested on any debian based system

Examples

# Enable SELinux
- selinux:
    policy: targeted
    state: enforcing

# Put SELinux in permissive mode, logging actions that would be blocked.
- selinux:
    policy: targeted
    state: permissive

# Disable SELinux
- selinux:
    state: disabled

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
configfile
string
 always
Path to SELinux configuration file

Sample:
/etc/selinux/config
msg
string
 always
Messages that describe changes that were made

Sample:
Config SELinux state changed from 'disabled' to 'permissive'
policy
string
 always
Name of the SELinux policy

Sample:
targeted
reboot_required
bool
 always
Whether or not an reboot is required for the changes to take effect

Sample:
True
state
string
 always
SELinux mode

Sample:
enforcing


Status

This module is flagged as stableinterface which means that the maintainers for this module guarantee that no backward incompatible interface changes will be made.

Support

For more information about Red Hat’s support of this module, please refer to this Knowledge Base article

Author

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