#!/usr/bin/python # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- # Copyright: (c) 2015, Jon Hawkesworth (@jhawkesworth) # GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt) ANSIBLE_METADATA = {'metadata_version': '1.1', 'status': ['preview'], 'supported_by': 'community'} DOCUMENTATION = r''' --- module: win_environment version_added: '2.0' short_description: Modify environment variables on windows hosts description: - Uses .net Environment to set or remove environment variables and can set at User, Machine or Process level. - User level environment variables will be set, but not available until the user has logged off and on again. options: state: description: - Set to C(present) to ensure environment variable is set. - Set to C(absent) to ensure it is removed. choices: [ absent, present ] default: present name: description: - The name of the environment variable. required: yes value: description: - The value to store in the environment variable. - Must be set when C(state=present) and cannot be an empty string. - Can be omitted for C(state=absent). level: description: - The level at which to set the environment variable. - Use C(machine) to set for all users. - Use C(user) to set for the current user that ansible is connected as. - Use C(process) to set for the current process. Probably not that useful. choices: [ machine, user, process ] required: yes author: - Jon Hawkesworth (@jhawkesworth) notes: - This module is best-suited for setting the entire value of an environment variable. For safe element-based management of path-like environment vars, use the M(win_path) module. - This module does not broadcast change events. This means that the minority of windows applications which can have their environment changed without restarting will not be notified and therefore will need restarting to pick up new environment settings. User level environment variables will require the user to log out and in again before they become available. ''' EXAMPLES = r''' - name: Set an environment variable for all users win_environment: state: present name: TestVariable value: Test value level: machine - name: Remove an environment variable for the current user win_environment: state: absent name: TestVariable level: user ''' RETURN = r''' before_value: description: the value of the environment key before a change, this is null if it didn't exist returned: always type: string sample: C:\Windows\System32 value: description: the value the environment key has been set to, this is null if removed returned: always type: string sample: C:\Program Files\jdk1.8 '''