Ansible Role kdump

This role stops and disables the kdump service. Since most of the time, kdump is not required, but permanently reserves space in the memory for the capture kernel, we usually disable it.

Runs on

RHEL 8 (and compatible)
RHEL 9 (and compatible)
Ubuntu 16

Tags

Tag	What it does
`kdump`	Stops and disables the `kdump` service

Optional Role Variables

Variable	Description	Default Value
`kdump__service_enabled`	Enables or disables the kdump service, analogous to `systemctl enable/disable`.	`false`
`kdump__service_state`	Changes the state of the kdump service, analogous to `systemctl start/stop/restart/reload`. Possible options: * `started` * `stopped` * `restarted` * `reloaded`	`'stopped'`

Example:

# optional
kdump__service_enabled: false
kdump__service_state: 'stopped'

License

The Unlicense

Author Information

Linuxfabrik GmbH, Zurich