boolean to force an upgrade

README.md

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ A role that installs min.io, <https://min.io/>.
 The supported installation mode is *baremetal* and *distributed*.
 minio is not installed from a package, but the binary is downloaded and placed into `/usr/local/bin`.
 
+Set the `minio_upgrade_executable` to `True` if you want to upgrade an existing installation.
+
 Role Variables
 --------------
 
@@ -16,6 +18,7 @@ minio_enabled: true
 minio_binary: 'minio'
 minio_binary_download: 'https://dl.min.io/server/minio/release/linux-amd64/{{ minio_binary }}'
 minio_download_validate_certs: true
+minio_upgrade_executable: false
 minio_work_dir: /usr/local
 minio_install_dir: '{{ minio_work_dir }}/bin'
 minio_executable: '{{ minio_install_dir }}/{{ minio_binary }}'

defaults/main.yml

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ minio_enabled: true
 minio_binary: 'minio'
 minio_binary_download: 'https://dl.min.io/server/minio/release/linux-amd64/{{ minio_binary }}'
 minio_download_validate_certs: true
+minio_upgrade_executable: false
 minio_work_dir: /usr/local
 minio_install_dir: '{{ minio_work_dir }}/bin'
 minio_executable: '{{ minio_install_dir }}/{{ minio_binary }}'

tasks/main.yml

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
         url: '{{ minio_binary_download }}'
         dest: '{{ minio_executable }}'
         validate_certs: '{{ minio_download_validate_certs }}'
+        force: '{{ minio_upgrade_executable }}'
         owner: root
         group: root
         mode: 0755