Load and Unload Kernel Modules in Linux — Ansible module modprobe

How to automate the Linux Kernel module loading of the “dummy” module with parameters on an example machine with Ansible.

How to Load and Unload Kernel Modules in Linux with Ansible?

I’m going to show you a live demo with some simple Ansible code.

I’m Luca Berton and welcome to today’s episode of Ansible Pilot.

Ansible Load and Unload Kernel Modules in Linux

• community.general.modprobe
• Load or unload kernel modules

Today we’re talking about the Ansible module modprobe.

The full name is `community.general.modprobe`, which means that is part of the collection of modules “community.general” maintained by the Ansible Community.

The purpose of the module is to Load or unload kernel modules.

Parameters

• name string — Name of kernel module
• params string — Modules parameters
• state string — present/absent — Load / Unload