compscidr/ansible-github-cli

Roles for installing github cli and extensions via ansible

ansible-github-cli

A collection of roles to:

• install github cli
• install gh extensions

Usage

Add the collection to your meta/requirements.yml:

collections:
  - name: compscidr.github_cli
    version: "<insert version here>"

Install the collection:

ansible-galaxy install -r meta/requirements.yml

Use in a playbook:

- name: Install GH cli and extensions
  hosts: *
  roles:
    - role: compscidr.github_cli.github_cli
      vars:
        github_cli_gh_token: "insert your gh token"
        github_cli_user: "insert your username"
    - role: compscidr.github_cli.github_cli_extension
      vars:
        github_cli_gh_token: "insert your gh token"
        github_cli_user: "insert your username"
        github_cli_extension: "dlvhdr/gh-dash"
    - role: compscidr.github_cli.github_cli_extension
      vars:
        github_cli_gh_token: "insert your gh token"
        github_cli_user: "insert your username"
        github_cli_extension: "some other extension"

Variables

Variable	Description
github_cli_gh_token	The GH API token that allows for reading / writing to repos
github_cli_user	The user to add the GH_TOKEN as env variable for (will append to .bashrc file)
github_cli_extension	The extension to install

Local development and testing

So that you don't need to push and make a release every time:

ansible-galaxy collection build --force
ansible-galaxy collection install *tar.gz --force