localization

Ansible Role: `aisbergg.localization`

This Ansible role takes care of the localization settings on Linux systems. It includes options to set the locales, keymap and timzone.

Requirements

None.

Role Variables

Variable	Default	Comments
`localization_language_packs`	`[]`	List of language packs to be installed. Some systems provide dedicated packages for each language. You have to install those packages in order to get the locales working. In Ubuntu systems the packages are named `language-pack-` and in CentOS 8 `glibc-langpack-`.
`localization_locales_present`	`[]`	List of locales to be present.
`localization_locales_absent`	`[]`	List of locales to be absent.
`localization_locales_default`	`{"LANG": "en_US.UTF-8", "LC_ALL": "en_US.UTF-8"}`	Mapping of default locales variables.
`localization_locales_default.LANG`		`LANG` variable. See man pages for information.
`localization_locales_default.LANGUAGE`		`LANGUAGE` variable. See man pages for information.
`localization_locales_default.LC_ADDRESS`		`LC_ADDRESS` variable. See man pages for information.
`localization_locales_default.LC_COLLATE`		`LC_COLLATE` variable. See man pages for information.
`localization_locales_default.LC_CTYPE`		`LC_CTYPE` variable. See man pages for information.
`localization_locales_default.LC_IDENTIFICATION`		`LC_IDENTIFICATION` variable. See man pages for information.
`localization_locales_default.LC_MONETARY`		`LC_MONETARY` variable. See man pages for information.
`localization_locales_default.LC_MESSAGES`		`LC_MESSAGES` variable. See man pages for information.
`localization_locales_default.LC_MEASUREMENT`		`LC_MEASUREMENT` variable. See man pages for information.
`localization_locales_default.LC_NAME`		`LC_NAME` variable. See man pages for information.
`localization_locales_default.LC_NUMERIC`		`LC_NUMERIC` variable. See man pages for information.
`localization_locales_default.LC_PAPER`		`LC_PAPER` variable. See man pages for information.
`localization_locales_default.LC_TELEPHONE`		`LC_TELEPHONE` variable. See man pages for information.
`localization_locales_default.LC_TIME`		`LC_TIME` variable. See man pages for information.
`localization_locales_default.LC_ALL`		`LC_ALL` variable. See man pages for information.
`localization_keymap`	`en`	The keymap to be set.
`localization_keymap_toggle`		The alternative keymap to be set.
`localization_timezone`		The timezone to be set. If left empty, the timezone stays untouched.

Dependencies

None.

Example Playbook

- hosts: all
  vars:
    localization_locales_present:
      - de_DE.UTF-8
      - en_US.UTF-8
    localization_locales_absent:
      - fr_FR.UTF-8
    localization_locales_default:
      LANGUAGE: de_DE
      LANG: de_DE.UTF-8
      LC_ALL: de_DE.UTF-8
    localization_keymap: de
    localization_keymap_toggle: de-latin1
    localization_timezone: Europe/Berlin
  roles:
    - aisbergg.localization