Ansible Role ansible_init

ansible-init helps installing a working Ansible environment including roles from LFOps and a list Ansible inventories from various Git repositories.

This role:

Updates ansible_init (ansinv) itself
Updates LFOps
Loads the list of Git repositories containing Ansible inventories
Clones the inventories
Optionally clones the roles to ../roles/
Installs recommended Ansible collections

Tags

Tag	What it does
`ansible_init`	* Update ansible_init (ansinv) itself * Update ../lfops * Load repo list * Clone the inventories * Install ansible collections

Mandatory Role Variables

Variable	Description
`ansible_init__url`	URL of the ansinv repo.

Example:

# mandatory
ansible_init__url: 'git@example.com:my-ansinv.git'

Optional Role Variables

Variable	Description	Default Value
`ansible_init__ansible_collections`	List of dictionaries of Ansible collections to install. Subkeys: * `name`: Mandatory, string. Name of the collection. * `type`. Optional. Defaults to `collection`. One of `collection`, `role`, or `both`.	All collections required to use LFOps
`ansible_init__inventories`	List of dictionaries of inventories to clone. Subkeys: * `name`: Mandatory, string. Name of the inventory. Will be used as the folder name. * `url`: Mandatory, string. Git, SSH, or HTTP(S) protocol address of the repository. * `version`: Optional, string. Defaults to `'main'`. Git version to checkout.	`[]`
`ansible_init__lfops_url`	URL of the LFOps repo. Either `'git@github.com:Linuxfabrik/lfops.git'` for development purposes, or `'https://github.com/Linuxfabrik/lfops.git'` for general access.	`'https://github.com/Linuxfabrik/lfops.git'`
`ansible_init__roles`	List of dictionaries of roles to clone. Subkeys: * `name`: Mandatory, string. Name of the role. Will be used as the folder name. * `url`: Mandatory, string. Git, SSH, or HTTP(S) protocol address of the repository. * `version`: Optional, string. Defaults to `'main'`. Git version to checkout.	`[]`
`ansible_init__version`	Git version of the ansinv repo to checkout.	`'main'`

Example:

# optional
ansible_init__ansible_collections:
  - name: 'community.mysql'
  - name: 'ngine_io.cloudstack'
ansible_init__inventories: []
ansible_init__lfops_url: 'git@github.com:Linuxfabrik/lfops.git'
ansible_init__roles: []
ansible_init__version: 'main'

License

The Unlicense

Author Information

Linuxfabrik GmbH, Zurich