karlmdavis/workstation-base-ansible-role

This Ansible role installs the packages and applies the configuration that I want to have present on any system that I use as a workstation.

Ansible Role: Workstation

This Ansible role installs the packages and applies the configuration that I want to have present on any system that I use as a workstation. Inasmuch as is reasonable, it attempts to equally support all of the platforms that I use regularly: Ubuntu, Windows (WSL), and Mac OS X.

Role Usage

TODO

Playbook

For convenience, this repository/project can also act as a standalone playbook:

1. Bootstrap the system with the minimum prerequisites.

   $ ./bootstrap.sh
   

2. Generate an SSH key for use (if you're not going to use a preexisting one).

   $ ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "$(whoami)@$(hostname)"
   

3. Add SSH Key to Keychain.

   $ ssh-add -K ~/.ssh/id_ed25519
   

   • Be sure to authorize key for GitHub account.
   • Reference: See this to make it persistent on MacOS: https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/250572

4. Install the required Ansible roles.

   $ pipenv run ansible-galaxy remove karlmdavis.rcm-dotfiles \
       && pipenv run ansible-galaxy install -r install_roles.yml
   

5. Provide the required play configuration (fill in placeholders yourself).

   $ cat << EOF > localhost_config.json
   {
     "workstation_config": {
       "user": "<USER>"
     }
   }
   EOF
   

6. Apply the role via the provided localhost playbook:

   $ pipenv run ./ansible-playbook-wrapper localhost_plays.yml --extra-vars "@localhost_config.json"
   

Resolving CMS SSL Errors

Some of the above commands (e.g. ansible-galaxy) with SSL errors.

TODO