Ansible Role Maintenance

Keep your system clean and organized.

GitHub	Version	Issues	Pull Requests	Downloads

Example Playbook

This example is from molecule/default/converge.yml and is tested every time there is a change.

---
- name: Clean Up
  hosts: all
  become: yes
  gather_facts: yes

  roles:
    - role: buluma.maintenance
      maintenance_files_to_empty:
        - /tmp/some_file.txt

Prepare the machine beforehand using molecule/default/prepare.yml:

---
- name: Prepare
  hosts: all
  become: yes
  gather_facts: no

  roles:
    - role: buluma.bootstrap

  tasks:
    - name: create a file
      ansible.builtin.copy:
        dest: /tmp/some_file.txt
        content: "Some content"
        mode: "0644"

For a detailed guide on using these roles, see this explanation and example.

Role Variables

Default variable values are set in defaults/main.yml:

---
# defaults file for maintenance

maintenance_journalctl_vacuum: 10d

# A list of files to be emptied.
# maintenance_files_to_empty:
#   - /tmp/some_file.txt

Requirements

• Python packages listed in requirements.txt.

State of Used Roles

These roles are used for system preparation. You can use different methods to prepare your system.

Requirement	GitHub	Version
buluma.bootstrap

Context

This role works with many compatible roles. Check the documentation for these roles for more details.

Here is a visual of related roles:

Compatibility

This role has been tested on these container images:

Ansible version 2.12 or higher is required. Tests have been done on:

• The previous version.
• The current version.
• The development version.

If you encounter issues, please report them on GitHub.

Changelog

Role Change History

License

Apache-2.0 License

Author Information

Shadow Walker