Ansible Role: virtualbox

Role to install (by default) virtualbox-6.1 package for Debian based systems or uninstall (if passed as var).

Requirements

None.

Role Variables

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

Variables list:

virtualbox_version: 6.1
virtualbox_app_name: virtualbox
virtualbox_desired_state: present
virtualbox_gpg_key: https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox_2016.asc
virtualbox_repo_debian: "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian {{ ansible_lsb['codename'] }} contrib"
virtualbox_repo_debian_filename: {{ virtualbox_app_name }}

Variables table:

Variable	Description
virtualbox_version	Version of virtualbox to append to the virtualbox_app variable during the installation task.
virtualbox_app	Defines the app to install i.e. virtualbox
virtualbox_desired_state	Defined to dynamically set whether to install (i.e. either present or latest) or uninstall (i.e. absent) the package. Defaults to present
virtualbox_gpg_key	GPG key for Virtualbox
virtualbox_repo_desired_state	State for repo to download Virtualbox from. Can either be 'present' or 'absent'.
virtualbox_repo_debian	Virtualbox's repo link for Debian based systems.
virtualbox_repo_debian_filename	Name of file to save for virtualbox's repo in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/

Dependencies

None

Example Playbook

For default behaviour of role (i.e. installation of virtualbox-6.1 package) in ansible playbooks.

- hosts: servers
  roles:
    - darkwizard242.virtualbox

For customizing behavior of role (i.e. installation of latest virtualbox-6.1 package) in ansible playbooks.

- hosts: servers
  roles:
    - darkwizard242.virtualbox
  vars:
    virtualbox_desired_state: latest

For customizing behavior of role (i.e. un-installation of virtualbox-6.1 package) in ansible playbooks.

- hosts: servers
  roles:
    - darkwizard242.virtualbox
  vars:
    virtualbox_desired_state: absent

License

MIT

Author Information

This role was created by Ali Muhammad.