From 0e147a780e74b54afbd56ff7438077d855d5c1c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Gabriel A. Giovanini"
- 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
- and github 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
- , it is pretty simple as I don't use it but for simple 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.
-
- # main.yml
----
-- name: install vim
- dnf:
- name: vim
- state: latest
- To copy .vimrc file to your $HOME we going to - use copy - module: -
-
- After we've added those two files to repository you will have be something
-
- like this.
-
-
- Parms:
-
- 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: -
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 simple way to install software, update machines or - even distribute tooling company-wise. -
- -- cgit v1.2.3