cups

Install and configure CUPS, the Common Unix Printing System.

GitHub	GitLab	Quality	Downloads	Version

Example Playbook

This example is taken from molecule/default/converge.yml and is tested on each push, pull request and release.

---
- name: Converge
  hosts: all
  become: yes
  gather_facts: yes

  roles:
    - role: robertdebock.cups

The machine needs to be prepared. In CI this is done using molecule/default/prepare.yml:

---
- name: Prepare
  hosts: all
  become: yes
  gather_facts: no

  roles:
    - role: robertdebock.bootstrap

Also see a full explanation and example on how to use these roles.

Role Variables

The default values for the variables are set in defaults/main.yml:

---
# defaults file for cups

# Allow remote access
cups_listen: "localhost:631"
cups_serveralias: "*"

# Share local printers on the local network. (boolean)
cups_browsing: no

# Allow access to the server...
cups_locations:
  - name: /
    order: allow,deny
    allow: "@LOCAL"
  - name: /admin
    order: allow,deny
    allow: "@LOCAL"
  - name: /admin/conf
    authtype: Default
    require: user @SYSTEM
    order: allow,deny
    allow: "@LOCAL"
  - name: /admin/log
    authtype: Default
    require: user @SYSTEM
    order: allow,deny

# Cups can save a job history. (boolean)
cups_preserve_job_history: yes

# Cups can offer a web-interface. (boolean)
cups_web_interface: yes

Requirements

• pip packages listed in requirements.txt.

State of used roles

The following roles are used to prepare a system. You can prepare your system in another way.

Requirement	GitHub	GitLab
robertdebock.bootstrap

Context

This role is a part of many compatible roles. Have a look at the documentation of these roles for further information.

Here is an overview of related roles:

Compatibility

This role has been tested on these container images:

container	tags
Alpine	all
Amazon	Candidate
EL	8, 9
Debian	all
Fedora	all
opensuse	all
Ubuntu	all

The minimum version of Ansible required is 2.12, tests have been done to:

• The previous version.
• The current version.
• The development version.

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License

Apache-2.0.

Author Information

robertdebock

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