[ansible-openwisp2] Upgrade pip deps from requirements on rerun

defaults/main.yml

@@ -234,3 +234,5 @@ openwisp2_radius_periodic_tasks: true
 openwisp2_usage_metric_collection_periodic_tasks: true
 # point {{ inventory_name }} to localhost in /etc/hosts
 openwisp2_inventory_hostname_localhost: true
+# variable for default deps upgrade 
+openwisp2_pip_extra_args: "--upgrade"

docs/user/role-variables.rst

@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ take a look at `the default values of these variables
         openwisp2_monitoring_version: "openwisp-monitoring~=1.0.0"
         openwisp2_radius_version: "openwisp-radius~=1.0.0"
         openwisp2_django_version: "django~=3.2.13"
+        # Extra arguments passed to pip when reinstalling Python packages with --force-reinstall 
+        # By default, packages are upgraded on each playbook run.
+        # Can be overridden, for example:
+        # openwisp2_pip_extra_args: "--upgrade --force-reinstall"
+        openwisp2_pip_extra_args: "--upgrade"
         # Setting this to true will enable subnet division feature of
         # openwisp-controller. Refer openwisp-controller documentation
         # for more information. https://github.com/openwisp/openwisp-controller#subnet-division-app

tasks/pip.yml

@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
     requirements: "{{ openwisp2_path }}/requirements.txt"
     virtualenv: "{{ virtualenv_path }}"
     virtualenv_python: "{{ openwisp2_python }}"
+    extra_args: "{{ openwisp2_pip_extra_args }}"
   notify: Reload application
   retries: 5
   delay: 10
@@ -122,6 +123,7 @@
     requirements: "{{ openwisp2_path }}/requirements-cors-headers.txt"
     virtualenv: "{{ virtualenv_path }}"
     virtualenv_python: "{{ openwisp2_python }}"
+    extra_args: "{{ openwisp2_pip_extra_args }}"
   when: openwisp2_django_cors.get('enabled')
   retries: 5
   delay: 10
@@ -153,6 +155,7 @@
     requirements: "{{ openwisp2_path }}/requirements-postgresql.txt"
     virtualenv: "{{ virtualenv_path }}"
     virtualenv_python: "{{ openwisp2_python }}"
+    extra_args: "{{ openwisp2_pip_extra_args }}"
   when: openwisp2_database.engine in ["django.db.backends.postgresql", "django.contrib.gis.db.backends.postgis"]
   retries: 5
   delay: 10
@@ -171,6 +174,7 @@
     requirements: "{{ openwisp2_path }}/requirements-mysql.txt"
     virtualenv: "{{ virtualenv_path }}"
     virtualenv_python: "{{ openwisp2_python }}"
+    extra_args: "{{ openwisp2_pip_extra_args }}"
   when: openwisp2_database.engine in ["django.db.backends.mysql", "django.contrib.gis.db.backends.mysql"]
   retries: 5
   delay: 10
@@ -210,6 +214,7 @@
     requirements: "{{ openwisp2_path }}/requirements-celery-email.txt"
     virtualenv: "{{ virtualenv_path }}"
     virtualenv_python: "{{ openwisp2_python }}"
+    extra_args: "{{ openwisp2_pip_extra_args }}"
   when: openwisp2_email_backend == "djcelery_email.backends.CeleryEmailBackend"
   notify: Reload application
   retries: 5