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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 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.
```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 simple way to install software, update machines or even
distribute tooling company-wise.
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