Ansible Role thbe-rhel

This role sets up and configures basic settings on a RHEL system or a clone of RHEL.

Requirements

To make the most of this role, you need to be registered with RHN and have at least a standard RHEL subscription.

Role Variables

• role_directory - The main path for the directories used by thbe roles (do not change!)
• net_manage - Manage local network (default: false)
• net_mtu - Set the MTU size (default: 1500)
• net_connection_prefix - Prefix for network connection names (default: 'System ')
• net_interface - Name of the network interface (default: 'eth0')
• net_hostname_primary - Primary hostname (default: not defined)
• net_hostname_secondary - Secondary hostname/alias (default: not defined)
• net_ip_primary - Primary IP address (default: not defined)
• net_ip_secondary - Secondary IP address (default: not defined)
• net_route_1 - Additional route 1 (default: not defined)
• net_route_2 - Additional route 2 (default: not defined)
• net_gw - Default gateway (default: not defined)
• net_packages - List of packages needed for NetworkManager
• fw_manage - Manage local firewall (default: true)
• cockpit_packages - List of packages needed for Cockpit
• nfs_manage - Manage local NFS (default: false)
• nfs_packages - List of packages needed for NFS
• nfs_server - Manage local NFS server (default: false)
• ansible_manage - Manage Ansible deployment (default: false)
• rhn_manage - Manage RHN subscriptions (default: false)
• rhn_organization_id - RHN organization ID (default: 'unset')
• rhn_activation_key - RHN activation key (default: 'unset')
• rhel_release_version - Fixed RHEL release version (default: 'latest')
• rhel_kernel_version - Fixed RHEL kernel version (default: 'latest')
• rhel_repos_8 - List of standard RHEL 8 repositories
• rhel_repos_9 - List of standard RHEL 9 repositories
• rhel_packages_common - List of standard RHEL packages
• rhel_packages_8 - List of standard packages for RHEL 8 only
• rhel_packages_rhn - List of standard packages for RHN only
• external_repos_epel - Enables the EPEL repository (default: false)

Dependencies

This role depends on:

• thbe.common

Example Playbook

You can include this role in the site.yml like this:

# Site playbook
- name: Ansible playbooks for all nodes
  hosts: all
  collections:
    - ansible.posix
    - community.general
  gather_facts: true
  tasks:
    - name: "Include thbe.common"
      ansible.builtin.include_role:
        name: "thbe.common"
    - name: "Include thbe.rhel"
      ansible.builtin.include_role:
        name: "thbe.rhel"
      vars:
        external_repos_epel: true

License

GPL-3.0-only

Author Information

Thomas Bendler - https://www.thbe.org/