Ansible Role: Consul-Template

This role installs Consul-Template on CentOS servers.

Requirements

It requires Ansible version 2.0 or higher.

Role Variables

Here are the variables you can use, along with their default values (see defaults/main.yml):

consul_template_enabled

Enable or disable consul-template.

Default: true

consul_template_supervisor_enabled

Install consul-template with supervisor or not.

Default: true

consul_template_user

User account for running consul-template.

Default: consul

consul_template_group

Group for the consul-template user.

Default: consul

consul_template_version

Version of the consul-template to install.

Default: 0.10.0

consul_template_release

Release name for the consul-template.

Default: consul-template_0.10.0_linux_386

consul_template_archive_file

File name of the consul-template archive.

Default: consul-template_0.10.0_linux_386.tar.gz

consul_template_download_url

URL from which to download consul-template.

Default: https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-template/releases/download/v0.10.0/consul-template_0.10.0_linux_386.tar.gz

consul_template_home

Home directory for consul-template.

Default: /home/consul/consul-template

consul_template_config_file_template

Template name for the main config file of consul-template.

Default: consul-template.cfg.j2

Note: This template generates a file at {{ consul_template_home }}/config/fragments/1_main.cfg.

consul_template_config_file

Name of the consul-template config file.

Default: consul-template.cfg

Note: This file will be generated at {{ consul_template_home }}/config.

consul_template_consul_server

IP address of the Consul server that consul-template connects to.

Default: 127.0.0.1

Dependencies

• juwai.supervisor (only if consul_template_supervisor_enabled is set to true)

Example Playbook

Here’s an example of how to use this role:

- hosts: servers
  roles:
    - juwai.consul-template

License

This role is licensed under the MIT License.

Author Information

This role was created in 2016 by Juwai Limited.