Ansible Collection - jomrr.dev

Description

This collection provides a set of modules, plugins and playbooks designed to streamline ansible role development and maintenance.

Installation

Your need to install the collection from github, as my galaxy account is broken:

ansible-galaxy collection install git+https://github.com/jomrr/ansible-collection-dev.git,main

Usage

The following examples demonstrate how to use modules and plugins from this collection.

Module generate_argument_specs

    - hosts: all
      tasks:
        - name: "Generate meta/argument_specs.yml"
          jomrr.dev.generate_argument_specs:
            defaults_file: /path/to/role/defaults/main.yml
            ouput_file: /path/to/role/meta/argument_specs.yaml

Inventory plugin ansible_role_inventory

Ansible configuration in ansible.cfg

[defaults]

collections_path    = ./collections
inventory           = ./inventory.yml
playbook_dir        = ./playbooks
roles_path          = ./roles
remote_tmp          = /tmp/ansible

pipelining          = False
strategy            = free

[inventory]
enable_plugins      = jomrr.dev.ansible_role_inventory

Inventory file inventory.yml

---
plugin: jomrr.dev.ansible_role_inventory
base_path: "~/src/ansible/roles/"
search_prefix: ansible-role-

Modules

• fetch_github_repos: A module for fetching and caching repository data from Github.
• generate_argument_specs: A module for generating meta/argument_specs.yml from a roles' defaults/main.yml.

Plugins

Inventory

• ansible_role_inventory: Inventory plugin for using role directories as inventory hosts with ansible_connection=local.

Lookup

• github_version: Lookup plugin to fetch latest release version of a repo from Github.

Requirements

• ansible >= 2.15

Contributing

Contributions to this collection are welcome. Please ensure to follow best practices for Ansible role and module development, including documentation for new features and roles. For more details, see the CONTRIBUTING.md file.

License

MIT

Authors

• Jonas Mauer (@jomrr)