Ansible is a software tool that provides simple but powerful automation for cross-platform computer support.
In our case, we are using Ansible to create simple playbooks to rapidly set up host Operating Systems and Docker containers (e.g., installing frequently used packages, dotfiles, etc.) and to store encrypted passwords and SSH keys and secrets. The idea is to have simple playbooks we can use to quickly set up the OS, instead of wasting hours doing this manually.
If you are new to Ansible, here are a couple of good resources to get you started
- How to manage your workstation configuration with Ansible
- Manage your workstation with Ansible: Automating configuration
- Using Ansible to automate your laptop and desktop configs!
Make sure git and ansible are installed in the host Operating System.
We support four type of installations: Ubuntu, Ubuntu headless, and MacOS.
Run the following command on your terminal (no need to clone this repo):
ansible-pull -U https://github.com/iamgianluca/ansible.git --ask-become-passYou will be asked to provide your password to complete some operations that require root privileges.
Run the following command on your terminal (no need to clone this repo):
ansible-pull -U https://github.com/iamgianluca/ansible.git headless.yml --ask-become-passYou will be asked to provide your password to complete some operations that require root privileges.
Run the following command on your terminal (no need to clone this repo):
ansible-pull -U https://github.com/iamgianluca/ansible.git container.ymlRun the following command on your terminal (no need to clone this repo):
ansible-pull -U https://github.com/iamgianluca/ansible.git macos.ymlTo test the changes before committing them, use ansible-playbook with the --check flag. For instance:
ansible-playbook local.yml --ask-become-pass --check- Compile DWM after having overwritten the config files
- Store config files for Chrome and other frequently used tools
- Use
ansible-vaultto manage SSH keys - Use
ansible-vaultto manage passwords