Ansible

Machine setup playbooks. Installs and configures all the software I use.

Setup

1. Get/set the hostname for the machine you are configuring. Using DNS provider.

2. Add the hostname to the Ansible inventory file under the correct group (workstation/server)

3. Install ansible or setup SSH key login on the machine

4. Run

   ansible-galaxy collection install community.general

   To install the homebrew modules

5. Run

   ansible-playbook --ask-become-pass site.yml

Example commands

Limit the run to one machine:

ansible-playbook --ask-become-pass --limit xps-13-pop-os.test site.yml

To reconfigure git on everything:

ansible-playbook -i production site.yml --tags git

To reconfigure aliases and lsdeluxe on everything:

 ansible-playbook --ask-become-pass --tags "aliases,lsd" site.yml

Configure workstations:

ansible-playbook -i production workstations.yml

Ad-hoc tasks are also possible:

ansible pve.test -i production -m ping
ansible pve.test -i production -m command -a '/sbin/reboot'