Ansible Role Grafana-Kiosk

This Ansible role helps you deploy the grafana-kiosk from grafana's GitHub repository.

Example Playbook

To be decided.

Variables

Here are some simple explanations of what the variables do. You can find a full list of variables in the defaults folder.

• User to launch grafana-kiosk (e.g. pi):

grafana_kiosk:
  user: "{{ ansible_user }}"

• The grafana-kiosk version we are using:

grafana_kiosk:
  git_release: 'v1.0.2'

• The URL of the grafana-kiosk repository:

grafana_kiosk:
  git_url: 'https://github.com/grafana/grafana-kiosk'

• Should we install the required packages (like Chromium):

grafana_kiosk:
  install_requirements: true

• The required packages that we will install:

grafana_kiosk:
  required_packages:
    - chromium
    - unclutter

• Install or update the packages? (Use latest to upgrade packages):

grafana_kiosk:
  install_state: 'present'

• What architecture are you using? (Necessary for downloading the right binary):

grafana_kiosk:
  architecture: 'autodetect'

• Configure grafana-kiosk settings:

grafana_kiosk:
  general:
    kiosk_mode: full
    autofit: true
    lxde: true
    lxde_home: "/home/{{ ansible_user }}"
  target:
    login_method: anon
    username: user
    password: changeme
    playlist: false
    URL: https://play.grafana.org
    ignore_certificate_errors: false

• Should we create and enable a systemd job?:

grafana_kiosk:
  manage_systemd: true

• Set the correct DISPLAY variable:

grafana_kiosk:
  display: DISPLAY=:0

• Should we enable autologin for lightdm? (If you're using a Raspberry Pi, please set this with raspi-config):

grafana_kiosk:
  lightdm_autologin: false

• Do a basic version check? (It’s recommended to set this to true):

submodules_versioncheck: false