WSL

Role to add all the necessary to use wsl correctly : configure global git, configure ssh keys with keychain at login, install minimal required tools, no password for sudo, configure ansible, docker-compose ans aliases if docker desktop is installed on windows

Requirements

• Install Ubuntu via wsl : wsl --install -d ubuntu
• Put a username and password
• Install Ansible on the fresh WSL : sudo apt update && sudo apt install ansible -y
• Copy the archive or get it directly from ansible-galaxy : ansible-galaxy install belgotux.wsl
• Copy the example playbook
• Run the playbook with sudo password ask : ansible-playbook wsl.yml -K

Role Variables

Needed :

• id_rsa_files : list of ssh keys in the format : [src_priv: "/mnt/c/Users/$myuser/.ssh/id_rsa", src_pub: "/mnt/c/Users/$myuser/.ssh/id_rsa", dest: "~/.ssh/id_rsa"]
• collections_to_install : list of the ansible collections to install (default community.docker)

Optionnel :

• links_list : list of src en dest link to create, for link your personnel script to files folder in ansible for example, format list of src and dest.
• dns_server : to set manual DNS server and not take the automatic dns 172.21.32.1
• my_hostname : to set a hostname for the distribution
• dns_search_suffix : set search DNS suffix

Automatic :

• myuser: the user defined at installation (default "{{ lookup('env','HOME') }}")

Example Playbook

- hosts: localhost
  vars:
    myuser: belgotux
    git_global: 
    - param1: user
      param2: name
      value: "belgotux"
    - param1: user
      param2: email
      value: "[email protected]"
    - param1: init
      param2: defaultBranch
      value: "main"
    - param1: core
      param2: editor
      value: "code"
    - param1: credential
      param2: helper
      value: "cache --timeout=57600"
    my_windows_user: "{{myuser}}"
    bash_alias_dir_share: /usr/share
    id_rsa_files:
    - src_priv: "/mnt/c/Users/belgotux/Nextcloud/keys/belgotux"
      src_pub: "/mnt/c/Users/belgotux/Nextcloud/keys/belgotux.pub"
      dest: "$HOME/.ssh/belgotux"
  connection: local
  roles:
    - name: wsl

License

GPL v3

Author Information

Belgotux MonLinux