diff --git a/library/selinux b/library/selinux
index c2302ad1f7..a57aa9ff3e 100755
--- a/library/selinux
+++ b/library/selinux
@@ -18,17 +18,38 @@
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with Ansible. If not, see .
-# selinux module - change policy and state of SELinux
-# usage:
-#
-# selinux policy= state=[enforcing|permissive|disabled] configfile=[SELINUX_CONFIG_FILE]
-#
-# configfile defaults to /etc/selinux/config
-# policy files should be installed via the yum/apt modules
-#
-# bugs:
-#
-# Not tested on any debian based system
+DOCUMENTATION = '''
+---
+module: selinux
+short_description: Change policy and state of SELinux
+description:
+ - Configures the SELinux mode and policy. A reboot may be required after usage. Ansible will not issue this reboot but will let you know when it is required.
+version_added: "0.7"
+options:
+ policy:
+ description:
+ - "name of the SELinux policy to use (example: 'targeted')"
+ required: true
+ default: null
+ state:
+ description:
+ - The SELinux mode
+ required: true
+ default: null
+ choices: [ "enforcing", "permissive", "disabled" ]
+ conf:
+ description:
+ - path to the SELinux configuration file, if non-standard
+ required: false
+ default: "/etc/selinux/config"
+examples:
+ - code: selinux policy=targeted state=enforcing
+ - code: selinux policy=targeted state=disabled
+notes:
+ - Not tested on any debian based system
+requirements: [ ]
+author: Derek Carter
+'''
import os
import re
@@ -84,7 +105,7 @@ def set_state(state):
def set_config_policy(policy, configfile):
# edit config file with state value
- #SELINUXTYPE=targeted
+ #SELINUXTYPE=targeted
policyline='SELINUXTYPE=%s' % policy
myfile = open(configfile, "r")
lines = myfile.readlines()
@@ -128,12 +149,12 @@ def main():
if (policy != runtime_policy):
# cannot change runtime policy
msgs.append('reboot to change the loaded policy')
- changed=True
+ changed=True
if (policy != config_policy):
msgs.append('config policy changed from \'%s\' to \'%s\'' % (config_policy, policy))
set_config_policy(policy, configfile)
- changed=True
+ changed=True
if (state != runtime_state):
if (state == 'disabled'):
@@ -141,13 +162,13 @@ def main():
else:
msgs.append('runtime state changed from \'%s\' to \'%s\'' % (runtime_state, state))
set_state(state)
- changed=True
+ changed=True
if (state != config_state):
msgs.append('config state changed from \'%s\' to \'%s\'' % (config_state, state))
set_config_state(state, configfile)
- changed=True
-
+ changed=True
+
module.exit_json(changed=changed, msg=', '.join(msgs),
configfile=configfile,
policy=policy, state=state)