Added option force install/reinstall on RHEL

.ansible-lint

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# .ansible-lint                                                                                                                                                                                                          │
+warn_list:  # or 'skip_list' to silence them completely                                                                                                                                                                  │
+  - '106'  # Role name {} does not match ``^[a-z][a-z0-9_]+$`` pattern     

defaults/main.yml

@@ -23,3 +23,8 @@ cmk_auth: "&_username={{ cmk_username }}&_secret={{ cmk_secret }}"
 # This variable is used to detect whether this is a fresh install
 # Is changed to true if check-mk-agent gets installed
 cmk_fresh_install: false
+
+# This variable if set to true will force installation to run regardless of whether
+# CheckMK is already installed. 
+# Breaks idempotence but allows role to be used to force upgrade agents.
+cmk_force_install: false

meta/main.yml

@@ -34,4 +34,3 @@ galaxy_info:
     #       Maximum 20 tags per role.
 
 dependencies: []
-  

tasks/RedHat-register.yml

@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
   shell: |
     cmk-update-agent register -H $(hostname -s) --user {{ cmk_username }} \
     --secret {{ cmk_secret }}
+  changed_when: false

tasks/RedHat.yml

@@ -29,6 +29,6 @@
       file:
         path: /tmp/check-mk-agent.rpm
         state: absent
-  when: "'check-mk-agent' not in ansible_facts.packages"
+  when: "'check-mk-agent' not in ansible_facts.packages or cmk_force_install"
   tags:
     - check_mk_agent

tasks/Windows-register.yml

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 - name: Register with CheckMK Update Server
   win_shell: |
-    C:\ProgramData\checkmk\agent\plugins\cmk-update-agent.exe register -H $env:computername `
+    C:\ProgramData\checkmk\agent\plugins\cmk-update-agent.exe register `
+    -H $env:computername `
     --user {{ cmk_username }} `
     --secret {{ cmk_secret }}

tasks/host-management.yml

@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@
   delegate_to: localhost
   when: cmk_add_host
 
-- set_fact:
+- name: Parse result
+  set_fact:
     output: "{{ res.content | from_json }}"
   when: cmk_add_host