Homebrew

An Ansible role to install and update Homebrew (or Linuxbrew).

Requirements

Only Ansible is required.

Role Variables

Several variables are available to configure the role.

To set where homebrew will be installed:

homebrew_root: /usr/local

To control which libraries will be installed by Homebrew:

homebrew_libraries: []

To control which cask libraries will be installed by Homebrew:

homebrew_casks: []
homebrew_casks_with_sudo: []

To keep Homebrew up-to-date:

homebrew_update: true

To keep all of the libraries installed by Homebrew up-to-date:

homebrew_upgrade_all: true

Dependencies

None.

Example Playbook

- hosts: servers
  roles:
    - role: dirn.homebrew
      homebrew_root: /opt/homebrew
      homebrew_libraries:
        - git
        - vim
        - zsh
      homebrew_casks:
        - 1password
        - alfred
        - iterm2
      homebrew_casks_with_sudo:
        - seil
      homebrew_update: true
      homebrew_upgrade_all: false

License

MIT

Author Information

This role was created by Andy Dirnberger.