How to Install Docker in Windows-like systems with Ansible?

Today I’m going to reveal how to install the software in a Windows-managed host using Chocolatey Package Manager. I’m Luca Berton and welcome to today’s episode of Ansible Pilot.

Ansible module win_chocolatey

  • chocolatey.chocolatey.win_chocolatey
  • Manage packages using chocolatey

Chocolatey is the package manager for windows, it has the largest online registry of Windows packages. At the moment it contains nearly 9000 Community Maintained Packages. Today we’re talking about Ansible module win_chocolatey to automate the software installation process. The full name is chocolatey.chocolatey.win_chocolatey, which means that is part of the collection distributed by “chocolatey”. It manages packages in Windows using chocolatey. It’s the windows correspondent of the ansible package module.

Parameters

  • name list-string - the name of the package
  • state string - present/latest/absent/downgrade/reinstalled
  • version string - specific version

The parameter list is pretty wide but this four are the most important options. In the “name” parameter you are going to specify the name of the package or a list of packages. If you would like to install a specific version you could specify it in the “version” parameter. The state specifies the action that we would like to perform. In our case installation is “present or latest”.

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Playbook

Install Docker in Windows-like systems with Ansible Playbook.

code

---
- name: install Docker
  hosts: all
  become: false
  gather_facts: false
  tasks:
    - name: Install Docker
      chocolatey.chocolatey.win_chocolatey:
        name: "docker-desktop"
        state: present

execution

ansible-pilot $ ansible-playbook -i virtualmachines/win/inventory install\ Docker/windows.yml
PLAY [install Docker] *****************************************************************************
TASK [Install Docker] *****************************************************************************
changed: [WindowsServer]
PLAY RECAP ****************************************************************************************
WindowsServer              : ok=1    changed=1    unreachable=0    failed=0    skipped=0    rescued=0    ignored=0
ansible-pilot $

idempotency

ansible-pilot $ ansible-playbook -i virtualmachines/win/inventory install\ Docker/windows.yml
PLAY [install Docker] *****************************************************************************
TASK [Install Docker] *****************************************************************************
ok: [WindowsServer]
PLAY RECAP ****************************************************************************************
WindowsServer              : ok=1    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=0    skipped=0    rescued=0    ignored=0
ansible-pilot $

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Conclusion

Now you know how to install Docker in Windows-like systems with Ansible.

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