There is a common pattern in modules where some parameters are required
only if another parameter is present AND set to a particular value. For
instance, if a cloud server state is "present" it's important to
indicate the image to be used, but if it's "absent", the image that was
used to launch it is not necessary. Provide a check that takes as an
input a list of 3-element tuples containing parameter to depend on, the
value it should be set to, and a list of parameters which are required
if the required parameter is set to the required value.
The two detection methods currently implemented do not cover all cases.
For example qemu guests invoked like this:
qemu -machine pc-i440fx-1.4,accel=kvm -cpu SandyBridge
return this information:
product_name: Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
cpuinfo: model name : Intel Xeon E312xx (Sandy Bridge)
Also modifies the template action plugin to use this new param
when executing the file/copy modules for templating so that links
are preserved correctly.
Fixes#8998
* makes speed acceptable for some datasets
* obfuscates multiple detected passwords
* obfuscates more characters to account for some corner cases when
trying to detect passwords.
Fixes#8364
This changes the get-attr function slightly, and lets the module specify whether a param is needed and auto-fails if it is not present. A module can now verify params like so::
$params = Parse-Args $args;
$result = New-Object psobject;
Set-Attr $result "changed" $false;
$path = Get-Attr -obj $params -name path -failifempty $true -resultobj $result
or
$params = Parse-Args $args;
$result = New-Object psobject;
Set-Attr $result "changed" $false;
$path = Get-Attr -obj $params -name path -failifempty $true -emptyattributefailmessage "Oh man. You forgot the main part!" -resultobj $result
slight tweak in how the powershell module converts to json in order to support nested objects (allows for more complex facts, among others)
This script gathers some extended facts on windows hosts in a json array attribute called "ansible_interfaces". This info is needed for some network-related modules I'm working on. Required the update to powershell.ps1 to return deeply nested json objects.
Linux and BSD derivatives do not allow unprivileged users to
"give away" files to others for security reasons. (System V
derivatives allow that but they're rare nowadays.)
