Add option to enable xpack trial

defaults/main.yml

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ es_max_threads: 8192
 es_max_map_count: 262144
 es_allow_downgrades: false
 es_xpack_features: []
+es_xpack_trial: false
 #These are used for internal operations performed by ansible.
 #They do not affect the current configuration
 es_api_scheme: "http"

tasks/main.yml

@@ -90,6 +90,10 @@
   include: ./xpack/security/elasticsearch-xpack-activation.yml
   when: es_start_service and es_enable_xpack and es_xpack_license is defined and es_xpack_license != ''
 
+- name: activate-trial
+  include: ./xpack/security/elasticsearch-xpack-trial-activation.yml
+  when: es_start_service and es_enable_xpack and es_xpack_trial
+
 #perform security actions here now elasticsearch is started
 - name: include xpack/security/elasticsearch-security-native.yml
   include: ./xpack/security/elasticsearch-security-native.yml

tasks/xpack/security/elasticsearch-xpack-activation.yml

@@ -17,5 +17,5 @@
     license_activated.json.license_status is not defined or
     license_activated.json.license_status != 'valid'
 
-- debug:
+- name: License
-    msg: "License: {{ license_activated }}"
+  debug: msg={{ license_activated }}

tasks/xpack/security/elasticsearch-xpack-trial-activation.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+---
+- name: Activate ES trial license (with security authentication)
+  uri:
+    method: POST
+    url: "{{ es_api_uri }}/_{{ 'xpack/' if es_version is version_compare('7.0.0', '<') else '' }}license/start_trial?acknowledge=true"
+    user: "{{es_api_basic_auth_username  | default(omit)}}"
+    password: "{{es_api_basic_auth_password | default(omit)}}"
+    return_content: yes
+    force_basic_auth: yes
+    status_code:
+      - 200
+      - 403
+    validate_certs: "{{ es_validate_certs }}"
+  register: trial_license_activated
+  when: es_xpack_trial
+
+- name: Trial license
+  debug: msg={{ trial_license_activated }}