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kibana_plugin - Manage Kibana plugins
New in version 2.2.
Synopsis
- Manages Kibana plugins.
 
Parameters
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | 
|---|---|---|
| force  
        bool
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Delete and re-install the plugin. Can be useful for plugins update
         | 
     
| name  
        required
         | 
      
        
        Name of the plugin to install
         | 
     |
| plugin_bin | Default: 
        "/opt/kibana/bin/kibana"
         | 
      
        
        Location of the plugin binary
         | 
     
| plugin_dir | Default: 
        "/opt/kibana/installedPlugins/"
         | 
      
        
        Your configured plugin directory specified in Kibana
         | 
     
| state | 
       
  | 
      
        
        Desired state of a plugin.
         | 
     
| timeout | Default: 
        "1m"
         | 
      
        
        Timeout setting: 30s, 1m, 1h...
         | 
     
| url | 
        
        Set exact URL to download the plugin from. For local file, prefix its absolute path with file://
         | 
     |
| version | 
        
        Version of the plugin to be installed. If plugin exists with previous version, it will NOT be updated if  force is not set to yes
        | 
     
Examples
- name: Install Elasticsearch head plugin
  kibana_plugin:
    state: present
    name: elasticsearch/marvel
- name: Install specific version of a plugin
  kibana_plugin:
    state: present
    name: elasticsearch/marvel
    version: '2.3.3'
- name: Uninstall Elasticsearch head plugin
  kibana_plugin:
    state: absent
    name: elasticsearch/marvel
  Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
| Key | Returned | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| cmd  
        string
         | 
      success | 
        
        the launched command during plugin mangement (install / remove)
          | 
     
| name  
        string
         | 
      success | 
        
        the plugin name to install or remove
          | 
     
| state  
        string
         | 
      success | 
        
        the state for the managed plugin
          | 
     
| stderr  
        string
         | 
      success | 
        
        the command stderr
          | 
     
| stdout  
        string
         | 
      success | 
        
        the command stdout
          | 
     
| timeout  
        string
         | 
      success | 
        
        the timeout for plugin download
          | 
     
| url  
        string
         | 
      success | 
        
        the url from where the plugin is installed from
          | 
     
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
- Thierno IB. BARRY (@barryib)
 
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