Role Name

Role to set up and configure hostapd using systemd.service that supports all configuration options.

Requirements

None.

Role Variables

Interface to run hostapd on. This will be used to start hostapd@wlan1.service in systemd.

hostapd_interface: wlan1

The following hostapd_config dictionary will be converted one-to-one into the hostapd configuration file. Please see hostapd.conf reference for details on individual options:

hostapd_config:
    country_code: GB
    bridge: br0
    interface: "{{ hostapd_interface }}"
    driver: nl80211
    ssid: "MyWLAN"
    hw_mode: g
    channel: 9
    wmm_enabled: 0
    macaddr_acl: 0
    auth_algs: 1
    wpa: 2
    wpa_passphrase: "OhGae6hay0rooRi0poo7"  # protect with ansible-vault
    wpa_key_mgmt: WPA-PSK WPA-PSK-SHA256
    wpa_pairwise: TKIP CCMP
    rsn_pairwise: CCMP
    ctrl_interface: /var/run/hostapd

Dependencies

If you are bridging WiFi subnet into LAN, you can also set up bridge using shibumi.systemd-conf role, as in the following example:

systemd_conf_network:
  10-lan:
    - Match:
        - Name: br0
    - Network:
        - Address: '192.168.1.251/24'
        - Gateway: '192.168.1.252'

  20-eth:
    - Match:
        - Name: eth0
    - Network:
        - Bridge: br0       

systemd_conf_netdev:
    10-bridge:
        - NetDev:
            - Name: br0
            - Kind: bridge

Example Playbook

Assuming the above configuration in host_vars:

- hosts: access_point
  roles:
     - kravietz.hostapd
     - shibumi.systemd-conf

License

GPLv3

Author Information

Paweł Krawczyk https://krvtz.net/