Ansible role alternatives

Set alternatives

GitHub	Version	Issues	Pull Requests	Downloads

Example Playbook

This example is taken from molecule/default/converge.yml and is tested on each push, pull request and release.

---
- name: converge
  hosts: all
  become: true
  gather_facts: true

  roles:
    - role: buluma.alternatives

The machine needs to be prepared. In CI this is done using molecule/default/prepare.yml:

---
- name: prepare
  hosts: all
  become: true
  gather_facts: false

  roles:
    - role: buluma.bootstrap

  tasks:
    - name: make a fake binary
      ansible.builtin.file:
        path: /bin/my_fake_binary
        state: touch
        mode: "0755"

Also see a full explanation and example on how to use these roles.

Role Variables

The default values for the variables are set in defaults/main.yml:

---
# defaults file for alternatives

# This is an example of how to use python3.7 on a system that has both
# python 2.7 and python 3.7.
# alternatives_list:
#   - name: python
#     link: /usr/bin/python2.7
#     path: /usr/bin/python
#   - name: python
#     link: /usr/bin/python3.7
#     path: /usr/bin/python

alternatives_list: []

Requirements

• pip packages listed in requirements.txt.

State of used roles

The following roles are used to prepare a system. You can prepare your system in another way.

Requirement	GitHub	Version
buluma.bootstrap

Context

This role is a part of many compatible roles. Have a look at the documentation of these roles for further information.

Here is an overview of related roles:

Compatibility

This role has been tested on these container images:

The minimum version of Ansible required is 2.12, tests have been done to:

• The previous version.
• The current version.
• The development version.

If you find issues, please register them in GitHub

Changelog

Role History

License

Apache-2.0

Author Information

Shadow Walker