How do I work with packages using ansible?

[petulia3478]

Link: http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/yum_module.html
Link: http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/apt_module.html
Link: http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/zypper_module.html

Ansible has yum, apt, etc for which ever OS you are trying to install the package on.

Install

$ ansible perth -b -m yum -a "name=nginx state=present"

Ensure latest package is installed

$ ansible perth -b -m yum -a "name=nginx state=latest"
ip-xxxx.us-west-2.compute.internal | SUCCESS => {
    "changed": false, 
    "msg": "", 
    "rc": 0, 
    "results": [
        "All packages providing nginx are up to date", 
        ""
    ]
}

Ensure a package does not exist, or remove it

$ ansible perth -b -m yum -a "name=nginx state=absent"