ansible_role_avast_antivirus

This role can be used to install the Avast Antivirus for Linux.

Official documentation for Avast Antivirus for Linux is located here - https://repo.avcdn.net/linux-av/doc/avast-techdoc.pdf

Requirements

OS

A Debian or RHEL family systemd based Linux system.

The role needs to be run with root permissions. Use become: true if using a normal user with sudo permissions.

When using this role, please gather ansible facts first

License file

On a linux host (it could be your ansible control node) create a license file under files with the steps below (make sure to install avast-license package):

$ avastlic -v -o ./license.avastlic -c <YOUR-LICENSE-OR-WALLET-KEY>

Copy the newly generated license.avastlic file into the files directory of this role. If you're storing the license file somewhere else, update the avast_license_file var accordingly with the new path.

Role Variables

Generic OS variables are defined in the vars dir.

Custom role variables:

• avast_license_file - The location of the Avast license file.

Dependencies

NA

Example Playbook

- hosts: servers
  become: true
  gather_facts: true
  roles:
    - besmirzanaj.ansible_role_avast_antivirus

License

BSD

Author Information

Besmir Zanaj