Specifying version when installing Apache

[Dan F]

I'm thinking of using specific versions for everything whenever I can. This would enable me to mirror exactly what I have in one server to another at any given time.

With that said, I tried a very basic install of Apache and attempted to see what it took to get this configured.

I started with:

tasks:

    - name: install apache2

      apt: name=apache2 state=installed update_cache=yes

      notify: start apache2

Then, to see the version installed:

me@server:~$ apache2 -v

Server version: Apache/2.4.18 (Ubuntu)

Server built:   2016-07-14T12:32:26

I figure, I should just specify the version in my playbook:

 tasks:

    - name: install apache2

      apt: name=apache2=2.4.18 state=installed update_cache=yes

      notify: start apache2

The error when I run the playbook:

TASK [install apache2] *********************************************************

fatal: [192.168.2.33]: FAILED! => {"cache_update_time": 1491508623, "cache_updated": true, "changed": false, "failed": true, "msg": "'/usr/bin/apt-get -y -o \"Dpkg::Options::=--force-confdef\" -o \"Dpkg::Options::=--force-confold\"     install 'apache2=2.4.18'' failed: E: Version '2.4.18' for 'apache2' was not found\n", "stderr": "E: Version '2.4.18' for 'apache2' was not found\n", "stdout": "Reading package lists...\nBuilding dependency tree...\nReading state information...\n", "stdout_lines": ["Reading package lists...", "Building dependency tree...", "Reading state information..."]}

[Kai Stian Olstad]

On 06. april 2017 22:06, Dan F wrote:
> I'm thinking of using specific versions for everything whenever I can. This
> would enable me to mirror exactly what I have in one server to another at
> any given time.
>
> With that said, I tried a very basic install of Apache and attempted to see
> what it took to get this configured.
>
> I started with:
>
> tasks:
> - name: install apache2
> apt: name=apache2 state=installed update_cache=yes
> notify: start apache2
>
> Then, to see the version installed:
>
> me@server:~$ apache2 -v
> Server version: Apache/2.4.18 (Ubuntu)
> Server built: 2016-07-14T12:32:26
>
> I figure, I should just specify the version in my playbook:
>
> tasks:
> - name: install apache2
> apt: name=apache2=2.4.18 state=installed update_cache=yes
> notify: start apache2

If you run a "apt-cache show apache2 | grep Version" you'll see that the
version is longer, something like "2.4.18-2ubuntu3.1"

You'll need to specify the entire string or use wildcard, read more
about wildcard in the comments to name here
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/apt_module.html#options


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Kai Stian Olstad