Ansible Role: scout

Role to install (by default) scout on Debian/Ubuntu and EL systems. Scout is a URL fuzzer originally developed by Liam Galvin.

Requirements

None.

Role Variables

Available variables are listed below (located in defaults/main.yml):

Variables list:

scout_app: scout
scout_version: 0.15.1
scout_os: linux
scout_arch: amd64
scout_dl_url: https://github.com/liamg/{{ scout_app }}/releases/download/v{{ scout_version }}/{{ scout_app }}-{{ scout_os }}-{{ scout_arch }}
scout_bin_path: "/usr/local/bin/{{ scout_app }}"
scout_file_owner: root
scout_file_group: root
scout_file_mode: '0755'

Variables table:

Variable (default)	Description
scout_app	Defines the app to install i.e. scout
scout_version	Defined to dynamically fetch the desired version to install. Defaults to: 0.14.0
scout_os	Defines os type. Used for obtaining the correct type of binaries based on OS type. Defaults to: linux
scout_arch	Defines os architecture. Used to set the correct type of binaries based on OS System Architecture. Defaults to: amd64
scout_dl_url	Defines URL to download the scout binary from.
scout_bin_path	Defined to dynamically set the appropriate path to store scout binary into. Defaults to (as generally available on any user's PATH): /usr/local/bin/scout
scout_file_owner	Owner for the binary file of scout.
scout_file_group	Group for the binary file of scout.
scout_file_mode	Mode for the binary file of scout.

Dependencies

None

Example Playbook

For default behaviour of role (i.e. installation of scout) in ansible playbooks.

- hosts: servers
  roles:
    - darkwizard242.scout

For customizing behavior of role (i.e. specifying the desired scout version) in ansible playbooks.

- hosts: servers
  roles:
    - darkwizard242.scout
  vars:
    scout_version: 0.7.1

For customizing behavior of role (i.e. placing binary of scout package in different location) in ansible playbooks.

- hosts: servers
  roles:
    - darkwizard242.scout
  vars:
    scout_bin_path: /bin/

License

MIT

Author Information

This role was created by Ali Muhammad.