xml

Collection: community.general

Full Name: parallax.community.general.xml

Aliases: community.general.xml, xml

Synopsis

Read and modify XML documents with XPath expressions

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Default	Description
path	string	yes		Path to the XML file to manage
xpath	string	yes		XPath expression to select elements
value	string			The value to set for the selected element
attribute	string			The attribute to set on the selected element
state	string		`present`	Whether the element should be present or absent Choices: `present`, `absent`
content	string		`text`	Type of content to set: text or attribute Choices: `text`, `attribute`
namespaces	string			Namespace mappings as comma-separated prefix=uri pairs
pretty_print	bool		`true`	Pretty print the XML output
backup	bool		`false`	Create a backup file before modifying

Example

- name: Set the context path in the Tomcat config
  xml:
    path: /etc/tomcat/server.xml
    xpath: /Server/Service/Engine/Host/Context
    attribute: path
    value: /app
    state: present