williamyeh.init-installer for Ansible Galaxy

Install applications to init system.

Summary

Role name in Ansible Galaxy: williamyeh.init-installer

This Ansible role has the following features:

• Install applications' init configurations to init systems: SysV, Upstart.
• TODO: Support systemd (e.g., on CentOS 7).
• TODO: Configure logrotate and monit.

Role Variables

Optional variables

User-installable configuration files (by Ansible's template system):

# SysV INIT conf templates to be installed to "/etc/init.d/";
# dict fields:
#   - key: memo for this conf
#   - value:
#     - src:  template file relative to `playbook_dir`
#     - dest: target file relative to `/etc/init.d/`
init_sysv


# Upstart INIT conf templates to be installed to "/etc/init/";
# dict fields:
#   - key: memo for this conf
#   - value:
#     - src:  template file relative to `playbook_dir`
#     - dest: target file relative to `/etc/init/`
init_upstart

Usage

Step 1: add role

Add role name williamyeh.init-installer to your playbook file.

Step 2: add variables

Set vars in your playbook file.

Simple example:

---
# file: simple-playbook.yml

- hosts: all

  roles:
    - williamyeh.init-installer

  vars:
    init_sysv:
      conf_template_for_app_1:
        src: "templates/app-1.sh.j2"
        dest: app-1
      conf_template_for_app_2:
        src: "templates/app-2.sh.j2"
        dest: app-2

    init_upstart:
      conf_template_for_app_3:
        src: "templates/app-3.conf.j2"
        dest: app-3.conf
      conf_template_for_app_4:
        src: "templates/app-4.conf.j2"
        dest: app-4.conf

Dependencies

None.

License

Licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.

History

Rewritten from my pre-Galaxy version: server-config-template.