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dandyrow.linux Ansible collection

Test Collection

This collection contains modules and roles to install, configure and interact with linux software.

A key module contained within this collection is the stow module. This allows Ansible to interact with the GNU stow utility. This is useful for installing dotfiles which have been organised into packages which can be expanded with said utility.

https://github.com/dandyrow/dandyrow.linux

Contributing to this collection

The content of this collection is made by people like you, a community of individuals collaborating on making the world better through developing automation software.

We are actively accepting new contributors.

Any kind of contribution is very welcome.

If you would like to contribute please read the information in the CONTRIBUTING file.

Governance

The final say regarding the direction of this collection remains with me, the owner of the repository, dandyrow. That being said I am open to discussions regarding new features of the collection.

Tested with Ansible

This collection has been tested against ansible versions from 2.12.0 to 2.15.0.

External requirements

The stow module found within this collection relies on the GNU stow utility being installed. Specifically it has been tested with version 2.3.1. This collection contains a role which will allow you to install the stow module.

Included content

Content included within this collection can be found within the documentation.

Using this collection

Installing the Collection from Ansible Galaxy

Before using this collection, you need to install it with the Ansible Galaxy command-line tool:

ansible-galaxy collection install dandyrow.linux

You can also include it in a requirements.yml file and install it with ansible-galaxy collection install -r requirements.yml, using the format:

---
collections:
  - name: dandyrow.linux

Note that if you install the collection from Ansible Galaxy, it will not be upgraded automatically when you upgrade the ansible package. To upgrade the collection to the latest available version, run the following command:

ansible-galaxy collection install dandyrow.linux --upgrade

You can also install a specific version of the collection, for example, if you need to downgrade when something is broken in the latest version (please report an issue in this repository). Use the following syntax to install version 2.0.0:

ansible-galaxy collection install dandyrow.linux:==2.0.0

See Ansible Using collections for more details.

Using the contents of this collection

Documentation on using the contents of this collection can be found on the collection's docsite.

Release notes

See the release notes on the GitHub releases page.

More information

Licensing

GNU General Public License v3.0 or later.

See LICENSE to see the full text.