win_chocolatey – Manage packages using chocolatey

• Synopsis
• Requirements
• Parameters
• Notes
• See Also
• Examples
• Return Values
• Status

Synopsis

• Manage packages using Chocolatey.
• If Chocolatey is missing from the system, the module will install it.

Requirements

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

• chocolatey >= 0.10.5 (will be upgraded if older)

Parameters

Notes

See Also

Examples

- name: Install git
  win_chocolatey:
    name: git
    state: present

- name: Upgrade installed packages
  win_chocolatey:
    name: all
    state: latest

- name: Install notepadplusplus version 6.6
  win_chocolatey:
    name: notepadplusplus
    version: '6.6'

- name: Install notepadplusplus 32 bit version
  win_chocolatey:
    name: notepadplusplus
    architecture: x86

- name: Install git from specified repository
  win_chocolatey:
    name: git
    source: https://someserver/api/v2/

- name: Install git from a pre configured source (win_chocolatey_source)
  win_chocolatey:
    name: git
    source: internal_repo

- name: Ensure Chocolatey itself is installed and use internal repo as source
  win_chocolatey:
    name: chocolatey
    source: http://someserver/chocolatey

- name: Uninstall git
  win_chocolatey:
    name: git
    state: absent

- name: Install multiple packages
  win_chocolatey:
    name:
    - procexp
    - putty
    - windirstat
    state: present

- name: Install multiple packages sequentially
  win_chocolatey:
    name: '{{ item }}'
    state: present
  loop:
  - procexp
  - putty
  - windirstat

- name: Uninstall multiple packages
  win_chocolatey:
    name:
    - procexp
    - putty
    - windirstat
    state: absent

- name: Install curl using proxy
  win_chocolatey:
    name: curl
    proxy_url: http://proxy-server:8080/
    proxy_username: joe
    proxy_password: p@ssw0rd

- name: Install a package that requires 'become'
  win_chocolatey:
    name: officepro2013
  become: yes
  become_user: Administrator
  become_method: runas

- name: install and pin Notepad++ at 7.6.3
  win_chocolatey:
    name: notepadplusplus
    version: 7.6.3
    pinned: yes
    state: present

- name: remove all pins for Notepad++ on all versions
  win_chocolatey:
    name: notepadplusplus
    pinned: no
    state: present

Return Values

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

Status

• This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
• This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors

• Trond Hindenes (@trondhindenes)
• Peter Mounce (@petemounce)
• Pepe Barbe (@elventear)
• Adam Keech (@smadam813)
• Pierre Templier (@ptemplier)
• Jordan Borean (@jborean93)