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+title: "Automating desktop setup with ansible-pull part-2"
+date: 2019-04-22
+lastmod: 2020-07-12
+tags: ['ansible', 'ansible-pull', 'linux', 'fedora']
+---
+
+Now we\'re going to setup ansible to work with a git repository. The process is
+quite similar to `ansible-playbook`, the only difference is that the source for
+the playbook will be a remote repository and not a local file. Following the
+previous example we\'ll get vim setup automated.
+
+Create a git repository wherever you see fit,
+[gitlab](https://about.gitlab.com/) and [github](https://github.com/) offer
+free repositories. For this task we need to add only two file: one for the
+`yml` file describing the tasks and the `.vimrc` file.
+
+In the `.vimrc` add your own configuration, you can see mine [over
+here](https://gitlab.com/gabrielgio/homestation/-/blob/debcf3458df511aef9f7dca0cb73f6cf6baddd5d/.vimrc),
+it is pretty small as I don\'t use it but for small text editing (like this
+post) so you can start with that if you don\'t have one.
+
+The `yml` file will have two tasks, one is to install vim, just like we
+did in the part 1.
+
+``` yaml
+# main.yml
+---
+- name: install vim
+  dnf:
+    name: vim
+    state: latest
+```
+
+To copy `.vimrc` file to your `$HOME` we going to use [copy
+module](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/copy_module.html):
+
+``` yaml
+# main.yml
+---
+- name: copy vimrc file
+  copy:
+    src: config/.vimrc
+    dest: ~/
+    mode: 0644
+```
+
+After we\'ve added those two files to repository you will have be something
+[like
+this](https://gitlab.com/gabrielgio/homestation/-/tree/debcf3458df511aef9f7dca0cb73f6cf6baddd5d).
+
+And now we just need to run `ansible-pull` command
+
+``` shell
+# you may need run it as a sudo
+ansible-pull -U $YOUR_REPO -i all main.yml
+```
+
+Params:
+
+-   **`-i`** is a list of hosts.
+-   **`-U`** is the git repository URL.
+
+Remember `man` is your best friend, take a look at `man ansible-pull` to
+know more about its parameters.
+
+The best part you can quickly test and see the result by running my
+sample:
+
+``` shell
+ansible-pull -U https://gitlab.com/gabrielgio/homestation.git -C debcf3458df511aef9f7dca0cb73f6cf6baddd5d -i all main.yml
+```
+
+The idea here is to keep your repository as a source of truth when comes to
+configuration, you can add `ansible-pull` to a CRON tab, so you just need to
+push something to your repository and after a few minutes not only your machine
+but all the machines that have it setup will run the playbooks. You can use
+this method as a straightforward way to install software, update machines or
+even distribute tooling company-wise.