ansible for desktop

A simple and quick way to deploy every desktop/laptop configuration.

Tested only for Debian GNU/Linux >= Wheezy

Feautures

• debian base configuration (APT conf and sources, disable dash, ecc)
• install favourites apps
• configure sudo, NTP and localization
• easy management of dotfiles (zsh[OMZ], emacs, vim, ruby, ecc)
• Xorg with: i3wm + gnome-core
• Virtualization: virtualbox apt source
• backup home and /etc with duplicity

Installation

manual mode

environment export:

# ansible installation paths
export ANSIBLE_HOME=$HOME/projects/devops/ansible
export ANSIBLE_PLAY_DESK=$HOME/projects/devops/playbooks/desktop
export ANSIBLE_CONFIG=$HOME/Private/ansible_private/ansible.cfg

# ansible exec paths (insert this in .zshrc or .profile)
export PATH=$ANSIBLE_HOME/bin:$PATH
export PYTHONPATH=$ANSIBLE_HOME/lib:$PYTHONPATH
export ANSIBLE_LIBRARY=$ANSIBLE_HOME/library
export MANPATH=$ANSIBLE_HOME/docs/man:$MANPATH

install required software

sudo aptitude install -y python2.6 python-paramiko python-yaml python-jinja2 python-apt

clone ansible repository

git clone git://github.com/ansible/ansible.git $ANSIBLE_HOME

clone playbooks

git clone git://github.com/kalos/ansible-desktop.git $ANSIBLE_PLAY_DESK

pseudo-auto (TODO: improve auto-install a-la oh-my-zsh)

curl -O https://raw.github.com/kalos/ansible-desktop/master/setup.sh
vim setup.sh  # edit installation paths
./setup.sh

Usage

deploy zsh with oh-my-zsh and my customization

edit vars.yml :

user: kalos
user_home: /home/$user
repo_omz_custom: git@github.com:kalos/zsh-omz-config.git

exec ansible

ansible-playbook --tags zsh setup.yml

deploy desktop with i3wm + gnome-core

ansible-playbook --tags desktop,i3 setup.yml

deploy emacs-snapshot

ansible-playbook --tags emacs setup.yml