Ansible Module xml

External

• https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/general/xml_module.html

Internal

• Ansible Concepts

Overview

The plugin is named community.general.xml and it offers functionality aimed at interacting with XML files, using XPath.

Example

<root>
    <child name="A" color="red"/>
    <child name="B" color="green"/>
    <child name="C" color="blue"/>
</root>

- name: XML manipulation
  xml:
    path: /tmp/test.xml # the file must exist
    xpath: /root/child[@name='B']

Module Parameters

path

The path to the file to operate on. The file must exists, otherwise the module will fail, with a message similar to: The target XML source '...' does not exist.. The parameter is required unless xmlstring is provided.

xpath

A valid XPath expression describing the file item(s) to manipulate. Operates on the document root, /, by default.

Use Cases

Deletion

- name: Bump Java build heap size to {{build.jvm.heap_max}} MB
  xml:
    path: "{{ansible_env.PROJECT_ROOT}}/.idea/compiler.xml"
    xpath: /project/component[@name='CompilerConfiguration']/option[@name='BUILD_PROCESS_HEAP_SIZE']
    attribute: "value"
    value: "{{build.jvm.heap_max}}"

- name: Set Eclipse as default compiler
  xml:
    path: "{{idea_path}}/.idea/compiler.xml"
    xpath: /project/component[@name='CompilerConfiguration']/option[@name='DEFAULT_COMPILER']
    attribute: "value"
    value: "Eclipse"