calvinbui.ansible_pip

Ansible pip

Ansible pip is a tool that helps install Python 3's pip, setuptools, and other packages.

It sets up the Python package manager pip3 according to the specified version or defaults to the version of Python that Ansible finds.

You can also install other pip packages using options provided by the pip module.

Requirements

No specific requirements.

Role Variables

pip_install_packages: This is a list of packages you want to install using the pip module. If you don't need any packages, set it to [].

You can use any options from the pip module. Just set them the same way, like this:

pip_install_packages:
  - name: virtualenv
  - name: pyyaml
    state: present
  - ...

Notes:

The executable option will use the pip version that is being installed by default. You can change it by providing another pip executable.
The executable will try to use the correct setuptools for the version of Ansible running on the remote machine. This will be managed by following the table below:

Local Python	Remote Python	Executable	Requirements
2	2	2	None
2	2	3	Installs setuptools for Python 2
2	3	3	None
2	3	2	Installs setuptools for Python 3
3	2	2	None
3	2	3	Installs setuptools for Python 2
3	3	3	None
3	3	2	Installs setuptools for Python 3

Dependencies

No specific dependencies.

Example Playbook

- hosts: all
  become: true
  pre_tasks:
    - name: Update apt cache.
      apt:
        update_cache: true
        cache_valid_time: 600
      changed_when: false
  roles:
    - role: ansible-pip