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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 | 
        
        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)
         | 
      
        
        Proxy host to use during plugin installation
         | 
     |
| proxy_port  
        (added in 2.1)
         | 
      
        
        Proxy port to use during plugin installation
         | 
     |
| state | 
       
  | 
      
        
        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 | 
        
        Set exact URL to download the plugin from (Only works for ES 1.x)
         | 
     |
| version | 
        
        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.
Maintenance
This module is flagged as community which means that it is maintained by the Ansible Community. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.
For a list of other modules that are also maintained by the Ansible Community, see here.
Author
- Mathew Davies (@ThePixelDeveloper)
 - Sam Doran (@samdoran)
 
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 https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.6/modules/elasticsearch_plugin_module.html