Bash Color Prompt

Overrides the bash shell prompt and makes it easy to set a custom color scheme per host or per group.

It configures a profile.d script which sets the prompt depending on chosen schema.

Usage

Inventory:

[dev:vars]
color_prompt_addon=dev
color_prompt_schema=dev

[prod:vars]
color_prompt_addon=live
color_prompt_schema=prod

[dev]
dev-server1 color_prompt_addon=dev-feature1
dev-server2

[prod]
live-server

Playbook:

  roles:
    - color-prompt

Options

See defaults for configuration options when including this role. The main ones are:

color_prompt_schema

• dev: for dev machines, green prompt, indicating no danger
• test: for test or staging machines, yellow prompt
• prod: for productive systems, red prompt, danger when doing anything

color_prompt_addon

A string to include to the prompt to identify the "environment" you are working with. I.e. dev or staging or upgrade-test.

color_prompt_schemas

A set of default schemas, customize if you want a general different look&feel or add your own schemas.

License and inspiration

Inspired by https://github.com/prgmrcom/ansible-bash-color-prompt.

License: GPLv3