Ansible Role: scout

This role installs scout by default on Debian/Ubuntu and EL (Enterprise Linux) systems. Scout is a tool used for URL fuzzing, created by Liam Galvin.

Requirements

None.

Role Variables

The following variables can be used (found in defaults/main.yml):

List of variables:

scout_app: scout
scout_version: 0.15.1
scout_os: "{{ ansible_system | lower }}"
scout_architecture_map:
  amd64: amd64
  x86_64: amd64
  64-bit: amd64
scout_dl_url: https://github.com/liamg/{{ scout_app }}/releases/download/v{{ scout_version }}/{{ scout_app }}-{{ scout_os }}-{{ scout_architecture_map[ansible_architecture] }}
scout_bin_path: "/usr/local/bin/{{ scout_app }}"
scout_file_owner: root
scout_file_group: root
scout_file_mode: '0755'

Table of variables:

Dependencies

None.

Example Playbook

To use the role for its default function (installing scout) in Ansible playbooks:

- hosts: servers
  roles:
    - darkwizard242.scout

To customize the role (for example, specifying a different scout version) in Ansible playbooks:

- hosts: servers
  roles:
    - darkwizard242.scout
  vars:
    scout_version: 0.7.1

To customize the role further (for example, changing where the scout binary is placed) in Ansible playbooks:

- hosts: servers
  roles:
    - darkwizard242.scout
  vars:
    scout_bin_path: /bin/

License

MIT

Author Information

This role was created by Ali Muhammad.