gabops.packages_os

This tool installs system packages on various GNU/Linux distributions.

Requirements

None.

Role Variables

Variable	Default Value	Description
packages_os	{}	Specifies the packages to be installed or removed. Packages can be grouped under the key `all`, or under a key formatted as `distro`_`version`. Refer to `Notes` and `Example playbook` for more information.
packages_os_yum_enablerepo	""	Enables a specific repository when using `yum` to install packages.
packages_os_yum_disablerepo	""	Disables a specific repository when using `yum` to install packages.
packages_os_apt_default_release	""	Targets a specific release when using `apt` to install packages.
packages_os_apt_update_cache	true	Updates the package cache when installing packages using `apt`.

Notes:

Packages grouped by distro_version take priority over those in all. For example:

  packages_os:
    all:
      vim: present
    centos_7:
      vim: absent

Here, the vim package will not be installed on any host that is centos_7 where this variable is defined.

Dependencies

None.

Example Playbook

- hosts: all
  vars:
    packages_os:
      all:
        tcpdump: present
        vim: present
      centos_6:
        iptables: present
        curl: present
      centos_7:
        httpd: present
        zip: present
        tcpdump: absent
        traceroute: present
        python-devel: present
      amazon_1:
        telnet: present
      amazon_2:
        zsh: present
      ubuntu_18.04:
        apt-file: present
  roles:
    - role: gabops.packages_os