/ansible-role-debian-backports

Setup backports repository for Debian and Ubuntu

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Debian/Ubuntu Backports with Ansible

Adds backports repository for Debian and Ubuntu.

Usage

Install via Galaxy:

ansible-galaxy install jnv.debian-backports

In your playbook:

- hosts: all
  roles:
    # ...
    - jnv.debian-backports

The role uses apt_repository module which has additional dependencies. I highly recommend to use bootstrap-debian role to setup common Ansible requirements on Debian-based systems.

You can use default_release option for apt module to install package from backports. For example:

tasks:
  - apt: name=mosh state=present default_release={{ansible_distribution_release}}-backports

ansible_distribution_release variable contains release name, i.e. precise or wheezy.

Variables

  • backports_uri: URI of the backports repository; change this if you want to use a particular mirror.
    • Debian: http://ftp.debian.org/debian
    • Ubuntu: http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
  • backports_components: Release and components for sources.list
    • Debian: {{backports_distribution}}-backports backports main contrib non-free
    • Ubuntu: {{backports_distribution}}-backports main restricted universe multiverse

Notes