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<h1>community.docker.docker_api connection Run tasks in docker containers<a class="headerlink" href="#community-docker-docker-api-connection-run-tasks-in-docker-containers" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h1>
<div class="admonition note">
<p class="admonition-title">Note</p>
<p>This connection plugin is part of the <a class="reference external" href="https://galaxy.ansible.com/community/docker">community.docker collection</a> (version 3.4.0).</p>
<p>To install it, use: <code class="code docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ansible-galaxy</span> <span class="pre">collection</span> <span class="pre">install</span> <span class="pre">community.docker</span></code>.
You need further requirements to be able to use this connection plugin,
see <a class="reference internal" href="#ansible-collections-community-docker-docker-api-connection-requirements"><span class="std std-ref">Requirements</span></a> for details.</p>
<p>To use it in a playbook, specify: <code class="code docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">community.docker.docker_api</span></code>.</p>
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<p class="ansible-version-added">New in community.docker 1.1.0</p>
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<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#synopsis" id="id1">Synopsis</a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#requirements" id="id2">Requirements</a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#parameters" id="id3">Parameters</a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#notes" id="id4">Notes</a></p></li>
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<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id1">Synopsis</a><a class="headerlink" href="#synopsis" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h2>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>Run commands or put/fetch files to an existing docker container.</p></li>
<li><p>Uses the <a class="reference external" href="https://pypi.org/project/requests/">requests library</a> to interact directly with the Docker daemon instead of using the Docker CLI. Use the <a class="reference internal" href="docker_connection.html#ansible-collections-community-docker-docker-connection"><span class="std std-ref">community.docker.docker</span></a> connection plugin if you want to use the Docker CLI.</p></li>
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<section id="requirements">
<span id="ansible-collections-community-docker-docker-api-connection-requirements"></span><h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id2">Requirements</a><a class="headerlink" href="#requirements" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h2>
<p>The below requirements are needed on the local controller node that executes this connection.</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>requests</p></li>
<li><p>pywin32 (when using named pipes on Windows 32)</p></li>
<li><p>paramiko (when using SSH with <em>use_ssh_client=false</em>)</p></li>
<li><p>pyOpenSSL (when using TLS)</p></li>
<li><p>backports.ssl_match_hostname (when using TLS on Python 2)</p></li>
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<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id3">Parameters</a><a class="headerlink" href="#parameters" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h2>
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<tr class="row-odd"><th class="head"><p>Parameter</p></th>
<th class="head"><p>Comments</p></th>
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<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-api_version"></div>
<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-docker_api_version"></div><p class="ansible-option-title" id="ansible-collections-community-docker-docker-api-connection-parameter-docker-api-version"><span id="ansible-collections-community-docker-docker-api-connection-parameter-api-version"></span><strong>api_version</strong></p>
<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-api_version" title="Permalink to this option"></a><p class="ansible-option-type-line"><span class="ansible-option-aliases">aliases: docker_api_version</span></p>
<p class="ansible-option-type-line"><span class="ansible-option-type">string</span></p>
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<td><div class="ansible-option-cell"><p>The version of the Docker API running on the Docker Host.</p>
<p>Defaults to the latest version of the API supported by this collection and the docker daemon.</p>
<p>If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">DOCKER_API_VERSION</span></code> will be used instead. If the environment variable is not set, the default value will be used.</p>
<p class="ansible-option-line"><span class="ansible-option-default-bold">Default:</span> <code class="ansible-option-default docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&quot;auto&quot;</span></code></p>
<p class="ansible-option-line"><span class="ansible-option-configuration">Configuration:</span></p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>Variable: ansible_docker_api_version</p></li>
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<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-ca_cert"></div>
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<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-cacert_path"></div><p class="ansible-option-title" id="ansible-collections-community-docker-docker-api-connection-parameter-tls-ca-cert"><span id="ansible-collections-community-docker-docker-api-connection-parameter-cacert-path"></span><span id="ansible-collections-community-docker-docker-api-connection-parameter-ca-cert"></span><strong>ca_cert</strong></p>
<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-ca_cert" title="Permalink to this option"></a><p class="ansible-option-type-line"><span class="ansible-option-aliases">aliases: tls_ca_cert, cacert_path</span></p>
<p class="ansible-option-type-line"><span class="ansible-option-type">path</span></p>
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<td><div class="ansible-option-cell"><p>Use a CA certificate when performing server verification by providing the path to a CA certificate file.</p>
<p>If the value is not specified in the task and the environment variable <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">DOCKER_CERT_PATH</span></code> is set, the file <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ca.pem</span></code> from the directory specified in the environment variable <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">DOCKER_CERT_PATH</span></code> will be used.</p>
<p class="ansible-option-line"><span class="ansible-option-configuration">Configuration:</span></p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>Variable: ansible_docker_ca_cert</p></li>
</ul>
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<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-tls_client_cert"></div>
<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-cert_path"></div><p class="ansible-option-title" id="ansible-collections-community-docker-docker-api-connection-parameter-tls-client-cert"><span id="ansible-collections-community-docker-docker-api-connection-parameter-client-cert"></span><span id="ansible-collections-community-docker-docker-api-connection-parameter-cert-path"></span><strong>client_cert</strong></p>
<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-client_cert" title="Permalink to this option"></a><p class="ansible-option-type-line"><span class="ansible-option-aliases">aliases: tls_client_cert, cert_path</span></p>
<p class="ansible-option-type-line"><span class="ansible-option-type">path</span></p>
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<td><div class="ansible-option-cell"><p>Path to the clients TLS certificate file.</p>
<p>If the value is not specified in the task and the environment variable <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">DOCKER_CERT_PATH</span></code> is set, the file <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">cert.pem</span></code> from the directory specified in the environment variable <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">DOCKER_CERT_PATH</span></code> will be used.</p>
<p class="ansible-option-line"><span class="ansible-option-configuration">Configuration:</span></p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>Variable: ansible_docker_client_cert</p></li>
</ul>
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<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-client_key"></div>
<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-tls_client_key"></div>
<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-key_path"></div><p class="ansible-option-title" id="ansible-collections-community-docker-docker-api-connection-parameter-tls-client-key"><span id="ansible-collections-community-docker-docker-api-connection-parameter-key-path"></span><span id="ansible-collections-community-docker-docker-api-connection-parameter-client-key"></span><strong>client_key</strong></p>
<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-client_key" title="Permalink to this option"></a><p class="ansible-option-type-line"><span class="ansible-option-aliases">aliases: tls_client_key, key_path</span></p>
<p class="ansible-option-type-line"><span class="ansible-option-type">path</span></p>
</div></td>
<td><div class="ansible-option-cell"><p>Path to the clients TLS key file.</p>
<p>If the value is not specified in the task and the environment variable <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">DOCKER_CERT_PATH</span></code> is set, the file <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">key.pem</span></code> from the directory specified in the environment variable <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">DOCKER_CERT_PATH</span></code> will be used.</p>
<p class="ansible-option-line"><span class="ansible-option-configuration">Configuration:</span></p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>Variable: ansible_docker_client_key</p></li>
</ul>
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<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-container_timeout"></div><p class="ansible-option-title" id="ansible-collections-community-docker-docker-api-connection-parameter-container-timeout"><strong>container_timeout</strong></p>
<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-container_timeout" title="Permalink to this option"></a><p class="ansible-option-type-line"><span class="ansible-option-type">integer</span></p>
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<td><div class="ansible-option-cell"><p>Controls how long we can wait to access reading output from the container once execution started.</p>
<p class="ansible-option-line"><span class="ansible-option-default-bold">Default:</span> <code class="ansible-option-default docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">10</span></code></p>
<p class="ansible-option-line"><span class="ansible-option-configuration">Configuration:</span></p>
<ul>
<li><p>INI entries:</p>
<div class="highlight-YAML+Jinja notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="p p-Indicator">[</span><span class="nv">defaults</span><span class="p p-Indicator">]</span><span class="w"></span>
<span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">timeout = 10</span><span class="w"></span>
</pre></div>
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<div class="highlight-YAML+Jinja notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="p p-Indicator">[</span><span class="nv">docker_connection</span><span class="p p-Indicator">]</span><span class="w"></span>
<span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">timeout = 10</span><span class="w"></span>
</pre></div>
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<p><span class="ansible-option-versionadded">added in community.docker 2.2.0</span></p>
</li>
<li><p>Environment variable: <span class="target" id="index-0"></span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/reference_appendices/config.html#envvar-ANSIBLE_TIMEOUT" title="(in Ansible vdevel)"><code class="xref std std-envvar docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ANSIBLE_TIMEOUT</span></code></a></p></li>
<li><p>Environment variable: <span class="target" id="index-1"></span><a class="reference internal" href="environment_variables.html#envvar-ANSIBLE_DOCKER_TIMEOUT"><code class="xref std std-envvar docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ANSIBLE_DOCKER_TIMEOUT</span></code></a></p>
<p><span class="ansible-option-versionadded">added in community.docker 2.2.0</span></p>
</li>
<li><p>Variable: ansible_docker_timeout</p>
<p><span class="ansible-option-versionadded">added in community.docker 2.2.0</span></p>
</li>
<li><p>CLI argument: timeout</p></li>
</ul>
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<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-debug"></div><p class="ansible-option-title" id="ansible-collections-community-docker-docker-api-connection-parameter-debug"><strong>debug</strong></p>
<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-debug" title="Permalink to this option"></a><p class="ansible-option-type-line"><span class="ansible-option-type">boolean</span></p>
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<td><div class="ansible-option-cell"><p>Debug mode</p>
<p class="ansible-option-line"><span class="ansible-option-choices">Choices:</span></p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p><code class="ansible-option-default-bold docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">false</span></code> <span class="ansible-option-choices-default-mark">← (default)</span></p></li>
<li><p><code class="ansible-option-choices-entry docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">true</span></code></p></li>
</ul>
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<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-docker_host"></div>
<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-docker_url"></div><p class="ansible-option-title" id="ansible-collections-community-docker-docker-api-connection-parameter-docker-url"><span id="ansible-collections-community-docker-docker-api-connection-parameter-docker-host"></span><strong>docker_host</strong></p>
<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-docker_host" title="Permalink to this option"></a><p class="ansible-option-type-line"><span class="ansible-option-aliases">aliases: docker_url</span></p>
<p class="ansible-option-type-line"><span class="ansible-option-type">string</span></p>
</div></td>
<td><div class="ansible-option-cell"><p>The URL or Unix socket path used to connect to the Docker API. To connect to a remote host, provide the TCP connection string. For example, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">tcp://192.0.2.23:2376</span></code>. If TLS is used to encrypt the connection, the module will automatically replace <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">tcp</span></code> in the connection URL with <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">https</span></code>.</p>
<p>If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">DOCKER_HOST</span></code> will be used instead. If the environment variable is not set, the default value will be used.</p>
<p class="ansible-option-line"><span class="ansible-option-default-bold">Default:</span> <code class="ansible-option-default docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&quot;unix://var/run/docker.sock&quot;</span></code></p>
<p class="ansible-option-line"><span class="ansible-option-configuration">Configuration:</span></p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>Variable: ansible_docker_docker_host</p></li>
</ul>
</div></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><div class="ansible-option-cell">
<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-remote_addr"></div><p class="ansible-option-title" id="ansible-collections-community-docker-docker-api-connection-parameter-remote-addr"><strong>remote_addr</strong></p>
<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-remote_addr" title="Permalink to this option"></a><p class="ansible-option-type-line"><span class="ansible-option-type">string</span></p>
</div></td>
<td><div class="ansible-option-cell"><p>The name of the container you want to access.</p>
<p class="ansible-option-line"><span class="ansible-option-default-bold">Default:</span> <code class="ansible-option-default docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&quot;inventory_hostname&quot;</span></code></p>
<p class="ansible-option-line"><span class="ansible-option-configuration">Configuration:</span></p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>Variable: inventory_hostname</p></li>
<li><p>Variable: ansible_host</p></li>
<li><p>Variable: ansible_docker_host</p></li>
</ul>
</div></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><div class="ansible-option-cell">
<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-remote_user"></div><p class="ansible-option-title" id="ansible-collections-community-docker-docker-api-connection-parameter-remote-user"><strong>remote_user</strong></p>
<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-remote_user" title="Permalink to this option"></a><p class="ansible-option-type-line"><span class="ansible-option-type">string</span></p>
</div></td>
<td><div class="ansible-option-cell"><p>The user to execute as inside the container.</p>
<p class="ansible-option-line"><span class="ansible-option-configuration">Configuration:</span></p>
<ul>
<li><p>INI entry:</p>
<div class="highlight-YAML+Jinja notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="p p-Indicator">[</span><span class="nv">defaults</span><span class="p p-Indicator">]</span><span class="w"></span>
<span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">remote_user = VALUE</span><span class="w"></span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</li>
<li><p>Environment variable: <span class="target" id="index-2"></span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/reference_appendices/config.html#envvar-ANSIBLE_REMOTE_USER" title="(in Ansible vdevel)"><code class="xref std std-envvar docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ANSIBLE_REMOTE_USER</span></code></a></p></li>
<li><p>Variable: ansible_user</p></li>
<li><p>Variable: ansible_docker_user</p></li>
<li><p>Keyword: remote_user</p></li>
<li><p>CLI argument: user</p></li>
</ul>
</div></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><div class="ansible-option-cell">
<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-ssl_version"></div><p class="ansible-option-title" id="ansible-collections-community-docker-docker-api-connection-parameter-ssl-version"><strong>ssl_version</strong></p>
<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-ssl_version" title="Permalink to this option"></a><p class="ansible-option-type-line"><span class="ansible-option-type">string</span></p>
</div></td>
<td><div class="ansible-option-cell"><p>Provide a valid SSL version number. Default value determined by ssl.py module.</p>
<p>If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">DOCKER_SSL_VERSION</span></code> will be used instead.</p>
<p class="ansible-option-line"><span class="ansible-option-configuration">Configuration:</span></p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>Variable: ansible_docker_ssl_version</p></li>
</ul>
</div></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><div class="ansible-option-cell">
<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-timeout"></div><p class="ansible-option-title" id="ansible-collections-community-docker-docker-api-connection-parameter-timeout"><strong>timeout</strong></p>
<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-timeout" title="Permalink to this option"></a><p class="ansible-option-type-line"><span class="ansible-option-type">integer</span></p>
</div></td>
<td><div class="ansible-option-cell"><p>The maximum amount of time in seconds to wait on a response from the API.</p>
<p>If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">DOCKER_TIMEOUT</span></code> will be used instead. If the environment variable is not set, the default value will be used.</p>
<p class="ansible-option-line"><span class="ansible-option-default-bold">Default:</span> <code class="ansible-option-default docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">60</span></code></p>
<p class="ansible-option-line"><span class="ansible-option-configuration">Configuration:</span></p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>Variable: ansible_docker_timeout</p></li>
</ul>
</div></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><div class="ansible-option-cell">
<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-tls"></div><p class="ansible-option-title" id="ansible-collections-community-docker-docker-api-connection-parameter-tls"><strong>tls</strong></p>
<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-tls" title="Permalink to this option"></a><p class="ansible-option-type-line"><span class="ansible-option-type">boolean</span></p>
</div></td>
<td><div class="ansible-option-cell"><p>Secure the connection to the API by using TLS without verifying the authenticity of the Docker host server. Note that if <em>validate_certs</em> is set to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">true</span></code> as well, it will take precedence.</p>
<p>If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">DOCKER_TLS</span></code> will be used instead. If the environment variable is not set, the default value will be used.</p>
<p class="ansible-option-line"><span class="ansible-option-choices">Choices:</span></p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p><code class="ansible-option-default-bold docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">false</span></code> <span class="ansible-option-choices-default-mark">← (default)</span></p></li>
<li><p><code class="ansible-option-choices-entry docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">true</span></code></p></li>
</ul>
<p class="ansible-option-line"><span class="ansible-option-configuration">Configuration:</span></p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>Variable: ansible_docker_tls</p></li>
</ul>
</div></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><div class="ansible-option-cell">
<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-tls_hostname"></div><p class="ansible-option-title" id="ansible-collections-community-docker-docker-api-connection-parameter-tls-hostname"><strong>tls_hostname</strong></p>
<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-tls_hostname" title="Permalink to this option"></a><p class="ansible-option-type-line"><span class="ansible-option-type">string</span></p>
</div></td>
<td><div class="ansible-option-cell"><p>When verifying the authenticity of the Docker Host server, provide the expected name of the server.</p>
<p>If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">DOCKER_TLS_HOSTNAME</span></code> will be used instead. If the environment variable is not set, the default value will be used.</p>
<p>Note that this option had a default value <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">localhost</span></code> in older versions. It was removed in community.docker 3.0.0.</p>
<p class="ansible-option-line"><span class="ansible-option-configuration">Configuration:</span></p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>Variable: ansible_docker_tls_hostname</p></li>
</ul>
</div></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><div class="ansible-option-cell">
<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-use_ssh_client"></div><p class="ansible-option-title" id="ansible-collections-community-docker-docker-api-connection-parameter-use-ssh-client"><strong>use_ssh_client</strong></p>
<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-use_ssh_client" title="Permalink to this option"></a><p class="ansible-option-type-line"><span class="ansible-option-type">boolean</span></p>
<p><span class="ansible-option-versionadded">added in community.docker 1.5.0</span></p>
</div></td>
<td><div class="ansible-option-cell"><p>For SSH transports, use the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ssh</span></code> CLI tool instead of paramiko.</p>
<p class="ansible-option-line"><span class="ansible-option-choices">Choices:</span></p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p><code class="ansible-option-default-bold docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">false</span></code> <span class="ansible-option-choices-default-mark">← (default)</span></p></li>
<li><p><code class="ansible-option-choices-entry docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">true</span></code></p></li>
</ul>
</div></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><div class="ansible-option-cell">
<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-validate_certs"></div>
<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-tls_verify"></div><p class="ansible-option-title" id="ansible-collections-community-docker-docker-api-connection-parameter-validate-certs"><span id="ansible-collections-community-docker-docker-api-connection-parameter-tls-verify"></span><strong>validate_certs</strong></p>
<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-validate_certs" title="Permalink to this option"></a><p class="ansible-option-type-line"><span class="ansible-option-aliases">aliases: tls_verify</span></p>
<p class="ansible-option-type-line"><span class="ansible-option-type">boolean</span></p>
</div></td>
<td><div class="ansible-option-cell"><p>Secure the connection to the API by using TLS and verifying the authenticity of the Docker host server.</p>
<p>If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">DOCKER_TLS_VERIFY</span></code> will be used instead. If the environment variable is not set, the default value will be used.</p>
<p class="ansible-option-line"><span class="ansible-option-choices">Choices:</span></p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p><code class="ansible-option-default-bold docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">false</span></code> <span class="ansible-option-choices-default-mark">← (default)</span></p></li>
<li><p><code class="ansible-option-choices-entry docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">true</span></code></p></li>
</ul>
<p class="ansible-option-line"><span class="ansible-option-configuration">Configuration:</span></p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>Variable: ansible_docker_validate_certs</p></li>
</ul>
</div></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</section>
<section id="notes">
<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id4">Notes</a><a class="headerlink" href="#notes" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h2>
<div class="admonition note">
<p class="admonition-title">Note</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>Connect to the Docker daemon by providing parameters with each task or by defining environment variables. You can define <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">DOCKER_HOST</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">DOCKER_TLS_HOSTNAME</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">DOCKER_API_VERSION</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">DOCKER_CERT_PATH</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">DOCKER_SSL_VERSION</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">DOCKER_TLS</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">DOCKER_TLS_VERIFY</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">DOCKER_TIMEOUT</span></code>. If you are using docker machine, run the script shipped with the product that sets up the environment. It will set these variables for you. See <a class="reference external" href="https://docs.docker.com/machine/reference/env/">https://docs.docker.com/machine/reference/env/</a> for more details.</p></li>
<li><p>This module does <strong>not</strong> use the <a class="reference external" href="https://docker-py.readthedocs.io/en/stable/">Docker SDK for Python</a> to communicate with the Docker daemon. It uses code derived from the Docker SDK or Python that is included in this collection.</p></li>
</ul>
</div>
<section id="authors">
<h3>Authors<a class="headerlink" href="#authors" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h3>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>Felix Fontein (&#64;felixfontein)</p></li>
</ul>
<div class="admonition hint">
<p class="admonition-title">Hint</p>
<p>Configuration entries for each entry type have a low to high priority order. For example, a variable that is lower in the list will override a variable that is higher up.</p>
</div>
</section>
<section id="collection-links">
<h3>Collection links<a class="headerlink" href="#collection-links" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h3>
<p class="ansible-links">
<a href="https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.docker/issues" aria-role="button" target="_blank" rel="noopener external">Issue Tracker</a>
<a href="https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.docker" aria-role="button" target="_blank" rel="noopener external">Repository (Sources)</a>
<a href="https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.docker/issues/new?assignees=&amp;labels=&amp;template=bug_report.md" aria-role="button" target="_blank" rel="noopener external">Submit a bug report</a>
<a href="https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.docker/issues/new?assignees=&amp;labels=&amp;template=feature_request.md" aria-role="button" target="_blank" rel="noopener external">Request a feature</a>
<a href="./#communication-for-community-docker" aria-role="button" target="_blank">Communication</a>
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