Ansible Collection - rdiffbackup.rdiff_backup

The present collection will sample Ansible automation artefacts of interest for the community.

Install rdiff-backup

We'll start with a role to install rdiff-backup on multiple platforms.

Once you have ansible installed, you can simply install this collection with:

ansible-galaxy collection install [-f] rdiffbackup.rdiff_backup

NOTE: the -f is required if you have already installed and want to get the latest version

The following playbook is then sufficient to install rdiff-backup:

- name: install rdiff-backup on Linux and Windows
  hosts: all

  roles:
  - rdiffbackup.rdiff_backup.rdiff_backup_install

Depending on your exact setup, the following command can be then sufficient, as the role comes with all necessary meaningful defaults:

ansible-playbook -i myhost, install-rdiff-backup.yml [-k] [-K]

NOTE: use -k to enter a login password, -K to enter a become password (on Linux, to become root).

Develop rdiff-backup

A simple role and playbook do exist to install all dependencies necessary to develop rdiff-backup, e.g. with:

ansible-playbook -i localhost, -c local \
  rdiffbackup.rdiff_backup.rdiff_backup_develop -K

This playbook is only developed and tested for Fedora, and a bit for Manjaro (and hence ArchLinux), but you are welcome to offer your help for other platforms.

CHANGELOG

• v1.3.0 / 2023-10-20 - rdiff_backup_develop supports ArchLinux/Manjaro, fix license & Co
• v1.2.0 / 2023-08-20 - add rdiff_backup_develop role and playbook
• v1.1.1 / 2020-12-18 - fix typo in role metadata
• v1.1.0 / 2020-12-17 - add support for Debian, Ubuntu and Windows.
• v1.0.0 / 2020-12-11 - initial release with CentOS/RHEL and Fedora support.