community.general.docker_container_info (1.3.14) — module

Retrieves facts about docker container

Authors: Felix Fontein (@felixfontein)

Install collection

Install with ansible-galaxy collection install community.general:==1.3.14


Add to requirements.yml

  collections:
    - name: community.general
      version: 1.3.14

Description

Retrieves facts about a docker container.

Essentially returns the output of C(docker inspect <name>), similar to what M(community.general.docker_container) returns for a non-absent container.


Requirements

Usage examples

  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- name: Get infos on container
  community.general.docker_container_info:
    name: mydata
  register: result
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- name: Does container exist?
  ansible.builtin.debug:
    msg: "The container {{ 'exists' if result.exists else 'does not exist' }}"
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- name: Print information about container
  ansible.builtin.debug:
    var: result.container
  when: result.exists

Inputs

    
tls:
    default: false
    description:
    - Secure the connection to the API by using TLS without verifying the authenticity
      of the Docker host server. Note that if I(validate_certs) is set to C(yes) as well,
      it will take precedence.
    - If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable C(DOCKER_TLS)
      will be used instead. If the environment variable is not set, the default value
      will be used.
    type: bool

name:
    description:
    - The name of the container to inspect.
    - When identifying an existing container name may be a name or a long or short container
      ID.
    required: true
    type: str

debug:
    default: false
    description:
    - Debug mode
    type: bool

ca_cert:
    aliases:
    - tls_ca_cert
    - cacert_path
    description:
    - Use a CA certificate when performing server verification by providing the path to
      a CA certificate file.
    - If the value is not specified in the task and the environment variable C(DOCKER_CERT_PATH)
      is set, the file C(ca.pem) from the directory specified in the environment variable
      C(DOCKER_CERT_PATH) will be used.
    type: path

timeout:
    default: 60
    description:
    - The maximum amount of time in seconds to wait on a response from the API.
    - If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable C(DOCKER_TIMEOUT)
      will be used instead. If the environment variable is not set, the default value
      will be used.
    type: int

client_key:
    aliases:
    - tls_client_key
    - key_path
    description:
    - Path to the client's TLS key file.
    - If the value is not specified in the task and the environment variable C(DOCKER_CERT_PATH)
      is set, the file C(key.pem) from the directory specified in the environment variable
      C(DOCKER_CERT_PATH) will be used.
    type: path

api_version:
    aliases:
    - docker_api_version
    default: auto
    description:
    - The version of the Docker API running on the Docker Host.
    - Defaults to the latest version of the API supported by Docker SDK for Python and
      the docker daemon.
    - If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable C(DOCKER_API_VERSION)
      will be used instead. If the environment variable is not set, the default value
      will be used.
    type: str

client_cert:
    aliases:
    - tls_client_cert
    - cert_path
    description:
    - Path to the client's TLS certificate file.
    - If the value is not specified in the task and the environment variable C(DOCKER_CERT_PATH)
      is set, the file C(cert.pem) from the directory specified in the environment variable
      C(DOCKER_CERT_PATH) will be used.
    type: path

docker_host:
    aliases:
    - docker_url
    default: unix://var/run/docker.sock
    description:
    - The URL or Unix socket path used to connect to the Docker API. To connect to a remote
      host, provide the TCP connection string. For example, C(tcp://192.0.2.23:2376).
      If TLS is used to encrypt the connection, the module will automatically replace
      C(tcp) in the connection URL with C(https).
    - If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable C(DOCKER_HOST)
      will be used instead. If the environment variable is not set, the default value
      will be used.
    type: str

ssl_version:
    description:
    - Provide a valid SSL version number. Default value determined by ssl.py module.
    - If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable C(DOCKER_SSL_VERSION)
      will be used instead.
    type: str

tls_hostname:
    default: localhost
    description:
    - When verifying the authenticity of the Docker Host server, provide the expected
      name of the server.
    - If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable C(DOCKER_TLS_HOSTNAME)
      will be used instead. If the environment variable is not set, the default value
      will be used.
    type: str

validate_certs:
    aliases:
    - tls_verify
    default: false
    description:
    - Secure the connection to the API by using TLS and verifying the authenticity of
      the Docker host server.
    - If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable C(DOCKER_TLS_VERIFY)
      will be used instead. If the environment variable is not set, the default value
      will be used.
    type: bool

Outputs

container:
  description:
  - Facts representing the current state of the container. Matches the docker inspection
    output.
  - Will be C(none) if container does not exist.
  returned: always
  sample: '{ "AppArmorProfile": "", "Args": [], "Config": { "AttachStderr": false,
    "AttachStdin": false, "AttachStdout": false, "Cmd": [ "/usr/bin/supervisord" ],
    "Domainname": "", "Entrypoint": null, "Env": [ "PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin"
    ], "ExposedPorts": { "443/tcp": {}, "80/tcp": {} }, "Hostname": "8e47bf643eb9",
    "Image": "lnmp_nginx:v1", "Labels": {}, "OnBuild": null, "OpenStdin": false, "StdinOnce":
    false, "Tty": false, "User": "", "Volumes": { "/tmp/lnmp/nginx-sites/logs/": {}
    }, ... }'
  type: dict
exists:
  description:
  - Returns whether the container exists.
  returned: always
  sample: true
  type: bool