asciinema
Ansible Role: asciinema
Ansible role for installing asciinema terminal recorder into a Python3 VirtualEnv.
Requirements
This role has been tested on Ansible 2.7.0+ against the following Linux Distributions:
- Amazon Linux 2
- CentOS 8
- CentOS 7
- Debian 10
- Fedora 29
- Fedora 30
- Fedora 31
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Disclaimer
If you have any problems please create a GitHub issue, I maintain this role in my spare time so I cannot promise a speedy fix delivery.
Role Variables
| Variable | Description | Default Value |
|---|---|---|
asciinema_version |
Use a specific version of asciinema, eg. 2.0.2. Specify false for latest. |
false |
asciinema_install_dir |
Installation directory to put asciinema virtual environments. | $HOME/.virtualenvs |
asciinema_venv_name |
Name for the asciinema Virtualenv. | asciinema |
asciinema_venv_suffix |
Add a custom suffix to virtualenv. | asciinema_version |
asciinema_venv_site_packages |
Allow venv to inherit packages from global site-packages. | false |
asciinema_install_venv_helper |
Install a venv helper to launch venv executables from a "bin" directory. | true |
asciinema_bin_dir |
"bin" directory to install venv-helpers to. | $HOME/bin |
asciinema_install_os_dependencies |
Allow role to install OS dependencies. | false |
asciinema_python3_path |
Specify a path to a specific python version to use in virtualenv. | NULL |
Dependencies
No dependencies on other roles.
Example Playbook
Example playbook for installing to single user:
- hosts: asciinema_hosts
roles:
- { role: xanmanning.asciinema, asciinema_version: 2.0.2 }
Example playbook for installing the latest asciinema version globally:
---
- hosts: asciinema_hosts
become: true
vars:
asciinema_install_os_dependencies: true
asciinema_install_dir: /opt/asciinema/bin
asciinema_bin_dir: /usr/bin
asciinema_venv_ame: current
roles:
- role: xanmanning.asciinema
Activating the asciinema venv
You need to activate the python3 virtual environment to be able to access asciinema.
This is done as per the below:
source {{ asciinema_install_dir }}/{{ asciinema_venv_name }}/bin/activate
In the above example global installation playbook, this would look like the following:
source /opt/asciinema/bin/current/bin/activate