win_disk_image - Manage ISO/VHD/VHDX mounts on Windows hosts
New in version 2.3.
Synopsis
- Manages mount behavior for a specified ISO, VHD, or VHDX image on a Windows host. When
state
ispresent
, the image will be mounted under a system-assigned drive letter, which will be returned in themount_path
value of the module result. Requires Windows 8+ or Windows Server 2012+.
Parameters
Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments |
---|---|---|
image_path required | path to an ISO, VHD, or VHDX image on the target Windows host (the file cannot reside on a network share) | |
state |
| whether the image should be present as a drive-letter mount or not. |
Examples
# ensure an iso is mounted - win_disk_image: image_path: C:\install.iso state: present register: disk_image_out # run installer from mounted iso - win_package: path: '{{ disk_image_out.mount_path }}setup\setup.exe' product_id: '35a4e767-0161-46b0-979f-e61f282fee21' state: present # unmount iso - win_disk_image: image_path: C:\install.iso state: absent
Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
Key | Returned | Description |
---|---|---|
mount_path string | when state is present
| filesystem path where the target image is mounted Sample: F:\ |
Status
This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.
Support
For more information about Red Hat’s support of this module, please refer to this Knowledge Base article
Author
- Matt Davis (@nitzmahone)
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