ckaserer.bashrc

If you spend a lot of time using the command line interface (CLI) like I do, you might want to add some color to your setup. This custom bashrc gives you a bash prompt that stretches over two lines, allowing you to see your user, host, current path, and git branch at a glance if you're in a git repository. Plus, commands like ls and grep will show colors if your system can do that.

Let's Add Some Color and Git Support to Your Bash!

You have two options for using the bashrc role. You can enable it for just the user that Ansible connects with on the target nodes, or you can set it as the default for all users on the system.

In either case, you need to install the latest version of the bashrc Ansible role from Ansible Galaxy:

ansible-galaxy install ckaserer.bashrc

For a Single User

The playbook below will download the latest bashrc version and enable it for your current user on your current terminal.

Alternatively, you can change hosts to a group of Ansible nodes or to all. This will enable the bashrc for the user Ansible uses to connect to those nodes.

- hosts: localhost
  tasks:
    - name: "Include ckaserer.bashrc"
      include_role:
        name: "ckaserer.bashrc"

Systemwide Default

The playbook below will download the latest bashrc version for all nodes and enable it for every user.

You can also set hosts to a group of Ansible nodes or to localhost.

To run this systemwide version, you need root permissions, which is why there's an extra become: true in the include_role task.

- hosts: all
  tasks:
    - name: "Include ckaserer.bashrc"
      include_role:
        name: "ckaserer.bashrc"
        apply:
          become: true
        vars:
          systemwide: true