Ansible Role Apt Autostart

This role allows you to enable or disable the automatic starting of services when installing packages.

GitHub	GitLab	Downloads	Version

Example Playbook

Here’s a simple example of how to use this role. This example is from the file molecule/default/converge.yml. It is tested whenever changes are made.

---
- name: Converge
  hosts: all
  become: true
  gather_facts: true

  roles:
    - role: robertdebock.apt_autostart

Before you run this, prepare the machine using the file molecule/default/prepare.yml:

---
- name: Prepare
  hosts: all
  gather_facts: false
  become: true

  roles:
    - role: robertdebock.bootstrap

You can find more detailed explanations and examples here.

Role Variables

Default values for the role variables are defined in defaults/main.yml:

---
# defaults file for apt_autostart

# Should services automatically start when using apt to install software?
apt_autostart_state: disabled

Requirements

• The necessary pip packages can be found in requirements.txt.

State of Used Roles

The following roles are needed to prepare the system. You can use other methods to prepare.

Requirement	GitHub	GitLab
robertdebock.bootstrap

Context

This role is part of a set of related roles. You can find more information in the documentation of these roles.

Here’s a graphic showing related roles:

Compatibility

This role has been tested with the following container images:

You need at least Ansible version 2.12. Testing has also been done on the previous, current, and development versions.

If you encounter any issues, please report them on GitHub.

License

This role is licensed under the Apache-2.0 license.

Author Information

Created by robertdebock.

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