lowlydba.sqlserver.install_script module – Runs migration scripts against a database

Note

This module is part of the lowlydba.sqlserver collection (version 2.3.4).

It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install lowlydba.sqlserver. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

To use it in a playbook, specify: lowlydba.sqlserver.install_script.

New in lowlydba.sqlserver 0.11.0

Synopsis

  • Uses the module DBOps to run Dbo-InstallScript against a target SQL Server database.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

connection_timeout

integer

Database server connection timeout in seconds. Only affects connection attempts. Does not affect execution timeout.

Default: 30

create_database

boolean

Will create an empty database if missing.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

database

string / required

Name of the target database.

deployment_method

string

SingleTransaction - wrap all the deployment scripts into a single transaction and rollback whole deployment on error.

TransactionPerScript - wrap each script into a separate transaction; rollback single script deployment in case of error.

NoTransaction - deploy as is.

AlwaysRollback - roll back the transaction.

Choices:

  • "NoTransaction" ← (default)

  • "SingleTransaction"

  • "TransactionPerScript"

  • "AlwaysRollback"

execution_timeout

integer

Script execution timeout. The script will be aborted if the execution takes more than specified number of seconds.

Default: 0

match

string

Runs a regex verification against provided file names using the provided string.

no_log_version

boolean

If set, the deployment will not be tracked in the database. That will also mean that all the scripts and all the builds from the package are going to be deployed regardless of any previous deployment history.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

no_recurse

boolean

Only process the first level of the target path.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

output_file

string

Log output into specified file.

path

string / required

Directory where targeted sql scripts are stored.

schema_version_table

string

A table that will hold the history of script execution. This table is used to choose what scripts are going to be run during the deployment, preventing the scripts from being execured twice.

sql_instance

string / required

The SQL Server instance to modify.

sql_password

string

Password for SQL Authentication.

sql_username

string

Username for SQL Authentication.

Attributes

Attribute

Support

Description

check_mode

Support: full

Can run in check_mode and return changed status prediction without modifying target.

platform

Platforms: all

Target OS/families that can be operated against.

Examples

- name: Migrate a database
  lowlydba.sqlserver.install_script:
    sql_instance: test-server.my.company.com
    database: AdventureWorks
    path: migrations

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key

Description

data

dictionary

Modified output from the Install-DboScript function.

Returned: success, but not in check_mode.

Authors

  • John McCall (@lowlydba)