ansible-packages

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Description

This role installs packages on Debian, Ubuntu and Centos hosts.

Variables

Optional:

• packages_ansible_distribution: dictionary of lists defining what OS are managed, any other OS/version combination is ignored:

packages_ansible_distribution:
  Debian:
    - 7
    - 8
  Ubuntu:
    - ...
  CentOS:
    - ...

• packages: list of dictionaries defining the packages to be installed:

packages:
  - name: logrotate
  - name: vim-enhanced
    Debian:
	  name: vim-nox
	  versions: ['6', '8']
    Ubuntu:
	  disabled: True

In this example:

• logrotate is installed on every host.
• vim-enhanced is:
  • installed on all Centos hosts.
  • installed on Debian 6 and 8 using vim-nox name for the package.
  • not installed on an Ubuntu host.