Ansible Role: Curl

• This role is for systems that don't have Curl installed, or need a specific version of Curl.
• It builds and installs Curl from official sources.
• It works on 20 different types of Linux, as tested by Travis.

Requirements

None.

Role Variables

All the variables for this role are only controlled by source builds.

To enable source builds, make sure this is set to true. By default, it is set to false.

Default installations use the system's package manager, such as apt-get, yum, or dnf.

curl_buildfromsource: true

You can also add extra flags for the configure step, like this:

curl_configure_flags:
  - disable-shared
  - with-ssl

This will result in the following command:

./configure --disable-shared --with-ssl

If Travis tests fail, you can choose to use a supported mirror.

To do this, specify the HTTP/S address like this:

curl_source: http://curl.haxx.se/download

Choose where to temporarily install, or use the default below:

curl_path: /tmp

Pick which version to install, or stick with the default below:

curl_version: "7.51.0"

Choose which archive type to download/extract, or keep the default below:

curl_extension: "tar.gz"

Dependencies

None.

Example Playbook

- hosts: localhost
  roles:
    - fubarhouse.curl

License

MIT / BSD

Author Information

This role was created in 2016 by Karl Hepworth.