Role Name

Ansible role to install (present) or remove (absent) the latest stable nzbget ( http://nzbget.net ) installation.

I wrote this playbook because it was fun. I use a custom (python) module to get the latest stable version number from the nzbget website, I also use a password lookup to geberate a new password, create a stop/start service file in /etc/systemd/system/nzbget.service and added an absent playbook, which removes the installation.

nzbget offers a lot more options and possibilities which are not included in this playbook, the most important obvious is the configuration of a newserver. Open <remote-server>:<control_port> in your browser and login with nzbget and the generated password (see below how to find it).

Requirements

Linux with systemd
internet connection (download latest nzbget)
python[2|3]-requests package installed on the Ansible control machine

Role Variables

Default variables

nzbget_state: present

present means install nzbget, can be overruled on command line, see example

dest_dir: /opt/nzbget

this is where nzbget is installed

main_dir: /var/lib/nzbget

this is where the downloads end up; a symbolic link is created to this directory: {{ dest_dir }}/download -> {{ main_dir}} might be a good idea to create a filesystem and mount this on /var/lib/nzbget

control_port: 6789

this is where the nzbget simple webserver is listening, user is nzbget, the default password is changed (look for ControlPassword in {{ dest_dir }}/nzbget.conf or run the playbook with -v, then the password is shown on standard output

group_name: nzbget
group_gid: 1001
user_name: nzbget
user_uid: 1001

Dependencies

Example Playbook

site.yml:

---
- name: install nzbget
  hosts: mediaservers
  become: yes
  roles:
  - nzbget

Add nzbget to all hosts in mediaservers group: ansible-playbook site.yml

Remove nzbget from all hosts in mediaservers group: ansible-playbook -e nzbget_state=absent site.yml

License

BSD

Author Information

krahb btunix.com