Ansible Role: Java

Installs Java for RedHat/CentOS and Debian/Ubuntu linux servers.

Requirements

None.

Role Variables

Available variables are listed below, along with default values:

# The defaults provided by this role are specific to each distribution.
java_packages:
  - java-1.7.0-openjdk

Set the version/development kit of Java to install, along with any other necessary Java packages. Some other options include are included in the distribution-specific files in this role's 'defaults' folder.

java_home: ""

If set, the role will set the global environment variable JAVA_HOME to this value.

Dependencies

None.

Example Playbook (using default package, OpenJDK 8)

- hosts: servers
  roles:
    - ansible-java

License

MIT / BSD

Author Information

This role was created in 2014 by Jeff Geerling, author of Ansible for DevOps.

Tobias Kramheller @tkramheller