Ansible DEV setup (debian compatible)

Sets up a full development environment through ansible on local or remote Debian based hosts without the need to manually copy files or perform configurations on the target machines.

Deploy

Pre-requisites

• Install the following dependencies:

  python3 -m pip install ansible ansible-runner psutil

• The target hosts should have ssh installed:

  sudo apt install ssh

• Get all target hosts IPs:

  ip a | grep inet

Execute

# Local deployment
./deploy-local.sh

# Remote deployment
./deploy-remote.sh <target-ip> <target-username>

Playbook development

• Install the linter

  pip3 install "ansible-lint"

• Run the linter before committing and fix all raised issues

  ansible-lint

  TODO: configure pre-commit to automate the last step (https://ansible-lint.readthedocs.io/en/latest/configuring/)