#!/usr/bin/python # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- # (c) 2015, Adam Keech , Josh Ludwig # # This file is part of Ansible # # Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by # the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or # (at your option) any later version. # # Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the # GNU General Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License # along with Ansible. If not, see . # this is a windows documentation stub. actual code lives in the .ps1 # file of the same name ANSIBLE_METADATA = {'status': ['preview'], 'supported_by': 'core', 'version': '1.0'} DOCUMENTATION = ''' --- module: win_regedit version_added: "2.0" short_description: Add, Edit, or Remove Registry Keys and Values description: - Add, Edit, or Remove Registry Keys and Values using ItemProperties Cmdlets options: key: description: - Name of Registry Key required: true default: null aliases: [] value: description: - Name of Registry Value required: true default: null aliases: [] data: description: - Registry Value Data. Binary data should be expressed a yaml byte array or as comma separated hex values. An easy way to generate this is to run C(regedit.exe) and use the I(Export) option to save the registry values to a file. In the exported file binary values will look like C(hex:be,ef,be,ef). The C(hex:) prefix is optional. required: false default: null aliases: [] datatype: description: - Registry Value Data Type required: false choices: - binary - dword - expandstring - multistring - string - qword default: string aliases: [] state: description: - State of Registry Value required: false choices: - present - absent default: present aliases: [] author: "Adam Keech (@smadam813), Josh Ludwig (@joshludwig)" ''' EXAMPLES = ''' # Creates Registry Key called MyCompany. win_regedit: key: HKCU:\Software\MyCompany # Creates Registry Key called MyCompany, # a value within MyCompany Key called "hello", and # data for the value "hello" containing "world". win_regedit: key: HKCU:\Software\MyCompany value: hello data: world # Creates Registry Key called MyCompany, # a value within MyCompany Key called "hello", and # data for the value "hello" containing "1337" as type "dword". win_regedit: key: HKCU:\Software\MyCompany value: hello data: 1337 datatype: dword # Creates Registry Key called MyCompany, # a value within MyCompany Key called "hello", and # binary data for the value "hello" as type "binary" # data expressed as comma separated list win_regedit: key: HKCU:\Software\MyCompany value: hello data: hex:be,ef,be,ef,be,ef,be,ef,be,ef datatype: binary # Creates Registry Key called MyCompany, # a value within MyCompany Key called "hello", and # binary data for the value "hello" as type "binary" # data expressed as yaml array of bytes win_regedit: key: HKCU:\Software\MyCompany value: hello data: [0xbe,0xef,0xbe,0xef,0xbe,0xef,0xbe,0xef,0xbe,0xef] datatype: binary # Delete Registry Key MyCompany # NOTE: Not specifying a value will delete the root key which means # all values will be deleted win_regedit: key: HKCU:\Software\MyCompany state: absent # Delete Registry Value "hello" from MyCompany Key win_regedit: key: HKCU:\Software\MyCompany value: hello state: absent # Ensure registry paths containing spaces are quoted. # Creates Registry Key called 'My Company'. win_regedit: key: 'HKCU:\Software\My Company' ''' RETURN = ''' data_changed: description: whether this invocation changed the data in the registry value returned: success type: boolean sample: False data_type_changed: description: whether this invocation changed the datatype of the registry value returned: success type: boolean sample: True '''