elasticsearch_plugin - Manage Elasticsearch plugins

New in version 2.0.

Synopsis

  • Manages Elasticsearch plugins.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
name
required
Name of the plugin to install. In Eleasticsearch >= 2.0, the name can be an URL or file location.
plugin_bin Default:
None
Location of the plugin binary. If this file is not found, the default plugin binaries will be used.
The default changed in Ansible 2.4 to None.
plugin_dir Default:
/usr/share/elasticsearch/plugins/
Your configured plugin directory specified in Elasticsearch
proxy_host
(added in 2.1)
 Default:
None
Proxy host to use during plugin installation
proxy_port
(added in 2.1)
 Default:
None
Proxy port to use during plugin installation
state
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
Desired state of a plugin.
timeout Default:
1m
Timeout setting: 30s, 1m, 1h...
Only valid for Elasticsearch < 5.0. This option is ignored for Elasticsearch > 5.0.
url Default:
None
Set exact URL to download the plugin from (Only works for ES 1.x)
version Default:
None
Version of the plugin to be installed. If plugin exists with previous version, it will NOT be updated

Examples

# Install Elasticsearch Head plugin in Elasticsearch 2.x
- elasticsearch_plugin:
    name: mobz/elasticsearch-head
    state: present

# Install a specific version of Elasticsearch Head in Elasticsearch 2.x
- elasticsearch_plugin:
    name: mobz/elasticsearch-head
    version: 2.0.0

# Uninstall Elasticsearch head plugin in Elasticsearch 2.x
- elasticsearch_plugin:
    name: mobz/elasticsearch-head
    state: absent

# Install a specific plugin in Elasticsearch >= 5.0
- elasticsearch_plugin:
    name: analysis-icu
    state: present

Status

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

Author

  • Mathew Davies (@ThePixelDeveloper)
  • Sam Doran (@samdoran)

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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.5/modules/elasticsearch_plugin_module.html