trfore.jsvc

Ansible Role: jsvc

This role compiles jsvc, part of Apache Commons Daemon, on RedHat/CentOS and Debian/Ubuntu operating systems.

It downloads and compiles the latest version from Apache Commons and copies the binary to /usr/bin/. You can also choose to delete the JDK and source code folder after the process.

If you want to manually download the source code to your Ansible control host, get the native-src file, commons-daemon-*.*.*-native-src.tar.gz, and place it in your files directory. Then, set these two variables in your playbook:

jsvc_tar_src: commons-daemon-*.*.*-native-src.tar.gz
jsvc_tar_src_remote: false

How to Install the Role

You can install this role using the Ansible Galaxy command line tool:

ansible-galaxy role install trfore.jsvc

Alternatively, you can add it to a requirements.yml file and install it by running ansible-galaxy install -r requirements.yml. The format should be:

---
roles:
  - trfore.jsvc

Supported Platforms

ansible-core versions 2.15, 2.16, and 2.17
CentOS Stream versions 8 and 9
- Note: CentOS 8 uses Python 3.6, which is not supported in ansible-core 2.17
Debian versions 10 and 11
Ubuntu versions 20.04, 22.04, and 24.04

Requirements

None

Role Variables

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

Variable	Default	Description	Required
jsvc_src_version	`1.4.0`	Latest version of Apache Commons' Daemon	No
jsvc_tar_src	URL	Source tar file for Apache Commons' Daemon, either a URL or a relative path	No
jsvc_tar_src_remote	`true`	Set to `true` if downloading from a URL	No
jsvc_tar_dir	`/var/tmp`	Temporary directory for extracting and compiling the source code	No
jsvc_tar_folder	Automatic	Determined from the `jsvc_tar_src` variable	Automatic
jsvc_build_dependencies	`["autoconf", "make", "gcc"]`	Packages needed for compiling the source code	No
jsvc_remove_jdk	`false`	Set to `true` to uninstall the Java JDK after build	No
jsvc_remove_tar_folder	`false`	Set to `true` to remove the source code temporary directory	No

OS-specific variables are:

Variable	Default	Description	Required
jsvc_build_jdk	`openjdk-11-jdk-headless`	Java JDK (Debian)	No
jsvc_build_jdk	`java-11-openjdk-devel.x86_64`	Java JDK (RHEL)	No

Dependencies

None

Example Playbook

- hosts: servers
  become: true
  roles:
    - name: Compile jsvc binary
      role: trfore.jsvc

If you have downloaded the tar file manually and wish to remove the JDK and source directory:

- hosts: servers
  become: true
  vars:
    jsvc_tar_src: commons-daemon-1.4.0-native-src.tar.gz
    jsvc_tar_src_remote: false
    jsvc_remove_jdk: true
    jsvc_remove_tar_folder: true
  roles:
    - name: Compile jsvc binary
      role: trfore.jsvc