Install Docker in Windows-like systems - Ansible module win_chocolatey
How to automate the installation of the latest version of Docker Desktop in your Windows-like system with Ansible Playbook and Chocolatey.


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