Override path to shutdown command in reboot module

[gforster]

SUMMARY

Could use the ability to pass a custom path to override the default one.

ISSUE TYPE

• Feature Idea

COMPONENT NAME

reboot

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

In my specific case, I call a wrapper script that does some other sanity checks on process owned by a different team before determining it is safe to shutdown, then calling the reboot command. Or, for OSes that haven't yet been accounted for in the code.

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[samdoran]

The ability to change the shutdown command was omitted by design. Given how the shutdown command argument is constructed, it would be somewhat difficult (but not insurmountable) to add this as a parameter to the module.

Could you accomplish the same thing with a script task before the reboot task using a conditional to control whether or not the reboot task is run? If the script exists on the remote, it could be command or shell task.

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[gforster]

Makes sense. I suppose that is a valid point. Will need to add AIX support for this - I’ll work on a patch for that

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[samdoran]

@gforster I'd love to add AIX support. Can you reach out to me on IRC in #ansible-devel or sdoran directly so I can get the necessary information from you? Or I can help you with the PR.

I just merged a good bit of changes this morning (c1589c3) that should make it far simpler to add new platforms.