Ansible Role: Packer

Role to install (by default) packer package on Debian/Ubuntu and EL systems.

Requirements

None.

Role Variables

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

Variables list:

packer_app: packer
packer_version: 1.10.3
packer_os: linux
packer_arch: amd64
packer_dl_url: https://releases.hashicorp.com
packer_dl_loc: /tmp
packer_bin_path: /usr/local/bin
packer_file_owner: root
packer_file_group: root
packer_file_mode: '0755'

Variables table:

Variable	Description
packer_app	Defines the app to install i.e. packer
packer_version	Defined to dynamically fetch the desired version to install. Defaults to: 1.10.3
packer_os	Defines os type. Used for obtaining the correct type of binaries based on OS type. Defaults to: linux
packer_arch	Defines os architecture. Used to set the correct type of binaries based on OS System Architecture. Defaults to: amd64
packer_dl_url	Defines URL to download the packer binary from.
packer_dl_loc	Defined to dynamically set where to place the binary archive for packer temporarily. Defaults to: /tmp
packer_bin_path	Defined to dynamically set the appropriate path to store packer binary into. Defaults to (as generally available on any user's PATH): /usr/local/bin
packer_file_owner	Owner for the binary file of packer.
packer_file_group	Group for the binary file of packer.
packer_file_mode	Mode for the binary file of packer.

Dependencies

None

Example Playbook

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

- hosts: servers
  roles:
    - darkwizard242.packer

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

- hosts: servers
  roles:
    - darkwizard242.packer
  vars:
    packer_version: 1.5.4

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

- hosts: servers
  roles:
    - darkwizard242.packer
  vars:
    packer_bin_path: /bin/

License

MIT

Author Information

This role was created by Ali Muhammad.