#!/usr/bin/python # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- # Copyright (c) 2014, Gabe Mulley # Copyright (c) 2015, David Wittman # Copyright (c) 2022, Marius Rieder # GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt) # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function __metaclass__ = type DOCUMENTATION = r''' --- module: alternatives short_description: Manages alternative programs for common commands description: - Manages symbolic links using the 'update-alternatives' tool. - Useful when multiple programs are installed but provide similar functionality (e.g. different editors). author: - Marius Rieder (@jiuka) - David Wittman (@DavidWittman) - Gabe Mulley (@mulby) extends_documentation_fragment: - community.general.attributes attributes: check_mode: support: full diff_mode: support: full options: name: description: - The generic name of the link. type: str required: true path: description: - The path to the real executable that the link should point to. type: path required: true link: description: - The path to the symbolic link that should point to the real executable. - This option is always required on RHEL-based distributions. On Debian-based distributions this option is required when the alternative O(name) is unknown to the system. type: path priority: description: - The priority of the alternative. If no priority is given for creation V(50) is used as a fallback. type: int state: description: - V(present) - install the alternative (if not already installed), but do not set it as the currently selected alternative for the group. - V(selected) - install the alternative (if not already installed), and set it as the currently selected alternative for the group. - V(auto) - install the alternative (if not already installed), and set the group to auto mode. Added in community.general 5.1.0. - V(absent) - removes the alternative. Added in community.general 5.1.0. choices: [ present, selected, auto, absent ] default: selected type: str version_added: 4.8.0 subcommands: description: - A list of subcommands. - Each subcommand needs a name, a link and a path parameter. - Subcommands are also named 'slaves' or 'followers', depending on the version of alternatives. type: list elements: dict aliases: ['slaves'] suboptions: name: description: - The generic name of the subcommand. type: str required: true path: description: - The path to the real executable that the subcommand should point to. type: path required: true link: description: - The path to the symbolic link that should point to the real subcommand executable. type: path required: true version_added: 5.1.0 requirements: [ update-alternatives ] ''' EXAMPLES = r''' - name: Correct java version selected community.general.alternatives: name: java path: /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/java - name: Alternatives link created community.general.alternatives: name: hadoop-conf link: /etc/hadoop/conf path: /etc/hadoop/conf.ansible - name: Make java 32 bit an alternative with low priority community.general.alternatives: name: java path: /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-i386/jre/bin/java priority: -10 - name: Install Python 3.5 but do not select it community.general.alternatives: name: python path: /usr/bin/python3.5 link: /usr/bin/python state: present - name: Install Python 3.5 and reset selection to auto community.general.alternatives: name: python path: /usr/bin/python3.5 link: /usr/bin/python state: auto - name: keytool is a subcommand of java community.general.alternatives: name: java link: /usr/bin/java path: /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/java subcommands: - name: keytool link: /usr/bin/keytool path: /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/keytool ''' import os import re from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule class AlternativeState: PRESENT = "present" SELECTED = "selected" ABSENT = "absent" AUTO = "auto" @classmethod def to_list(cls): return [cls.PRESENT, cls.SELECTED, cls.ABSENT, cls.AUTO] class AlternativesModule(object): _UPDATE_ALTERNATIVES = None def __init__(self, module): self.module = module self.result = dict(changed=False, diff=dict(before=dict(), after=dict())) self.module.run_command_environ_update = {'LC_ALL': 'C'} self.messages = [] self.run() @property def mode_present(self): return self.module.params.get('state') in [AlternativeState.PRESENT, AlternativeState.SELECTED, AlternativeState.AUTO] @property def mode_selected(self): return self.module.params.get('state') == AlternativeState.SELECTED @property def mode_auto(self): return self.module.params.get('state') == AlternativeState.AUTO def run(self): self.parse() if self.mode_present: # Check if we need to (re)install subcommands_parameter = self.module.params['subcommands'] priority_parameter = self.module.params['priority'] if ( self.path not in self.current_alternatives or (priority_parameter is not None and self.current_alternatives[self.path].get('priority') != priority_parameter) or (subcommands_parameter is not None and ( not all(s in subcommands_parameter for s in self.current_alternatives[self.path].get('subcommands')) or not all(s in self.current_alternatives[self.path].get('subcommands') for s in subcommands_parameter) )) ): self.install() # Check if we need to set the preference if self.mode_selected and self.current_path != self.path: self.set() # Check if we need to reset to auto if self.mode_auto and self.current_mode == 'manual': self.auto() else: # Check if we need to uninstall if self.path in self.current_alternatives: self.remove() self.result['msg'] = ' '.join(self.messages) self.module.exit_json(**self.result) def install(self): if not os.path.exists(self.path): self.module.fail_json(msg="Specified path %s does not exist" % self.path) if not self.link: self.module.fail_json(msg='Needed to install the alternative, but unable to do so as we are missing the link') cmd = [self.UPDATE_ALTERNATIVES, '--install', self.link, self.name, self.path, str(self.priority)] if self.module.params['subcommands'] is not None: subcommands = [['--slave', subcmd['link'], subcmd['name'], subcmd['path']] for subcmd in self.subcommands] cmd += [item for sublist in subcommands for item in sublist] self.result['changed'] = True self.messages.append("Install alternative '%s' for '%s'." % (self.path, self.name)) if not self.module.check_mode: self.module.run_command(cmd, check_rc=True) if self.module._diff: self.result['diff']['after'] = dict( state=AlternativeState.PRESENT, path=self.path, priority=self.priority, link=self.link, ) if self.subcommands: self.result['diff']['after'].update(dict( subcommands=self.subcommands )) def remove(self): cmd = [self.UPDATE_ALTERNATIVES, '--remove', self.name, self.path] self.result['changed'] = True self.messages.append("Remove alternative '%s' from '%s'." % (self.path, self.name)) if not self.module.check_mode: self.module.run_command(cmd, check_rc=True) if self.module._diff: self.result['diff']['after'] = dict(state=AlternativeState.ABSENT) def set(self): cmd = [self.UPDATE_ALTERNATIVES, '--set', self.name, self.path] self.result['changed'] = True self.messages.append("Set alternative '%s' for '%s'." % (self.path, self.name)) if not self.module.check_mode: self.module.run_command(cmd, check_rc=True) if self.module._diff: self.result['diff']['after']['state'] = AlternativeState.SELECTED def auto(self): cmd = [self.UPDATE_ALTERNATIVES, '--auto', self.name] self.messages.append("Set alternative to auto for '%s'." % (self.name)) self.result['changed'] = True if not self.module.check_mode: self.module.run_command(cmd, check_rc=True) if self.module._diff: self.result['diff']['after']['state'] = AlternativeState.PRESENT @property def name(self): return self.module.params.get('name') @property def path(self): return self.module.params.get('path') @property def link(self): return self.module.params.get('link') or self.current_link @property def priority(self): if self.module.params.get('priority') is not None: return self.module.params.get('priority') return self.current_alternatives.get(self.path, {}).get('priority', 50) @property def subcommands(self): if self.module.params.get('subcommands') is not None: return self.module.params.get('subcommands') elif self.path in self.current_alternatives and self.current_alternatives[self.path].get('subcommands'): return self.current_alternatives[self.path].get('subcommands') return None @property def UPDATE_ALTERNATIVES(self): if self._UPDATE_ALTERNATIVES is None: self._UPDATE_ALTERNATIVES = self.module.get_bin_path('update-alternatives', True) return self._UPDATE_ALTERNATIVES def parse(self): self.current_mode = None self.current_path = None self.current_link = None self.current_alternatives = {} # Run `update-alternatives --display ` to find existing alternatives (rc, display_output, dummy) = self.module.run_command( [self.UPDATE_ALTERNATIVES, '--display', self.name] ) if rc != 0: self.module.debug("No current alternative found. '%s' exited with %s" % (self.UPDATE_ALTERNATIVES, rc)) return current_mode_regex = re.compile(r'\s-\s(?:status\sis\s)?(\w*)(?:\smode|.)$', re.MULTILINE) current_path_regex = re.compile(r'^\s*link currently points to (.*)$', re.MULTILINE) current_link_regex = re.compile(r'^\s*link \w+ is (.*)$', re.MULTILINE) subcmd_path_link_regex = re.compile(r'^\s*(?:slave|follower) (\S+) is (.*)$', re.MULTILINE) alternative_regex = re.compile(r'^(\/.*)\s-\s(?:family\s\S+\s)?priority\s(\d+)((?:\s+(?:slave|follower).*)*)', re.MULTILINE) subcmd_regex = re.compile(r'^\s+(?:slave|follower) (.*): (.*)$', re.MULTILINE) match = current_mode_regex.search(display_output) if not match: self.module.debug("No current mode found in output") return self.current_mode = match.group(1) match = current_path_regex.search(display_output) if not match: self.module.debug("No current path found in output") else: self.current_path = match.group(1) match = current_link_regex.search(display_output) if not match: self.module.debug("No current link found in output") else: self.current_link = match.group(1) subcmd_path_map = dict(subcmd_path_link_regex.findall(display_output)) if not subcmd_path_map and self.subcommands: subcmd_path_map = {s['name']: s['link'] for s in self.subcommands} for path, prio, subcmd in alternative_regex.findall(display_output): self.current_alternatives[path] = dict( priority=int(prio), subcommands=[dict( name=name, path=spath, link=subcmd_path_map.get(name) ) for name, spath in subcmd_regex.findall(subcmd) if spath != '(null)'] ) if self.module._diff: if self.path in self.current_alternatives: self.result['diff']['before'].update(dict( state=AlternativeState.PRESENT, path=self.path, priority=self.current_alternatives[self.path].get('priority'), link=self.current_link, )) if self.current_alternatives[self.path].get('subcommands'): self.result['diff']['before'].update(dict( subcommands=self.current_alternatives[self.path].get('subcommands') )) if self.current_mode == 'manual' and self.current_path != self.path: self.result['diff']['before'].update(dict( state=AlternativeState.SELECTED )) else: self.result['diff']['before'].update(dict( state=AlternativeState.ABSENT )) def main(): module = AnsibleModule( argument_spec=dict( name=dict(type='str', required=True), path=dict(type='path', required=True), link=dict(type='path'), priority=dict(type='int'), state=dict( type='str', choices=AlternativeState.to_list(), default=AlternativeState.SELECTED, ), subcommands=dict(type='list', elements='dict', aliases=['slaves'], options=dict( name=dict(type='str', required=True), path=dict(type='path', required=True), link=dict(type='path', required=True), )), ), supports_check_mode=True, ) AlternativesModule(module) if __name__ == '__main__': main()