dgibbs64.landscape_client

landscape_client

This is an Ansible role for setting up the Canonical Landscape Client on Ubuntu.

About

Landscape is a tool for managing and administering Ubuntu, provided by Canonical. This role helps set up the Landscape client on Ubuntu and connect it to either a Landscape cloud account or a self-hosted Landscape server.

Requirements

You need either a Landscape cloud account or a self-hosted Landscape server.

Role Variables

---
# Default settings for ansible-role-landscape_client

# Landscape server
landscape_client_server: "{{ groups['landscape_server'][0] }}"

# Is it self-hosted?
landscape_client_server_self_hosted: false

# Your account name
landscape_client_account_name: account-name

# Title of the computer in Landscape
landscape_client_computer_title: "computer title"

# Access group for the client
landscape_client_access_group: "access-group"

# Tags for the client
landscape_client_tags: "tag1, tag2"

## Only for self-hosted
# Server certificate on the client
landscape_client_ssl_cert: "/etc/landscape/server.pem"

# SSL public key directory
landscape_client_server_ssl_cert: "/etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem"

# Landscape server URLs
landscape_client_server_ping_url: "http://landscape.canonical.com/ping"
landscape_client_server_url: "https://landscape.canonical.com/message-system"

# Data path for the client
landscape_client_data_path: "/var/lib/landscape/client"

# Log level for the client: debug, info, warning, error, or critical
landscape_client_log_level: "info"

# Force the client to register
landscape_client_force_register: false

# Enable script execution in Landscape
landscape_client_enable_script_users: false

# Users allowed to execute scripts
landscape_client_script_users: root

Dependencies

None

Example Playbook

For Landscape Cloud

---
- name: "Set up Landscape Client"
  hosts: all
  vars:
    landscape_client_account_name: landscape-account-name
    landscape_client_computer_title: "Computer Title"
    landscape_client_access_group: "access-group"
    landscape_client_tags: "web, db, apache"
  roles:
    - role: dgibbs64.landscape_client

For Self-hosted

---
- name: "Set up Landscape Client"
  hosts: all
  vars:
    landscape_client_server: "{{ groups['landscape_server'][0] }}"
    landscape_client_account_name: landscape-account-name
    landscape_client_computer_title: "Computer Title"
    landscape_client_access_group: "access-group"
    landscape_client_tags: "web, db, apache"
    landscape_client_server_ping_url: "http://landscape.example.com/ping"
    landscape_client_server_url: "https://landscape.example.com/message-system"
  roles:
    - role: dgibbs64.landscape_client