christiangda.epel_repo
Ansible Role: christiangda.epel_repo
This role install EPEL Repository
The best way to install this role is using the command ansible-galaxy install christiangda.epel_repo, the Ansible Galaxy repository is christiangda.epel_repo
The repository code is https://github.com/christiangda/ansible-role-epel-repo
Requirements
This role work on RedHat, CentOS and Amazon Linux distributions
- RedHat- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
 
- CentOS- 6
- 7
- 8
 
- CentOS Stream- 8
- 9
 
- Rocky Linux- 8
- 9
 
- Oracle Linux- 8
- 9
 
- Amazon Linux- 1
- 2
 
To see the compatibility matrix of Python vs. Ansible see the project Travis-CI build matrix
Role Variables
| Variable | Default Value | 
|---|---|
| epel_enable_extras_repos | false | 
| epel_debug | false | 
More Details: See the file defaults/main.yaml
Dependencies
None.
Example Playbook
RedHat
- hosts: servers
  gather_facts: True
  roles:
    - role: christiangda.epel_repo
      vars:
        epel_enable_redhat_extras_repos: true
Redhat/CentOS 6/7/8
- hosts: servers
  gather_facts: True
  roles:
    - role: christiangda.epel_repo
Amazon Linux 1/2 (my-playbook.yml)
- hosts: all
    gather_facts: True
    become: true
    become_user: root
    become_method: sudo
    remote_user: ec2-user
    roles:
      - christiangda.epel_repo
Inventory file sample
[all]
10.14.x.y
10.14.v.z
[amazon-1]
10.14.x.y
[amazon-2]
10.14.v.z
ansible-playbook my-playbook.yml \
    --inventory inventory \
    --private-key [~/location of my key.pem] \
    --become \
    --become-user=ec2-user \
    --user ec2-user
Development / Contributing
This role is tested using Molecule and was developed using Python Virtual Environments
Also, we used to main git branch
- master
- develop
If you want to contribute to this project what you want to do is
- Fork the project
- Prepare your environment
- Fix the problem in developbranch
- Execute molecule test
- Create a Pull Request to official project developbranch
References
Prepare your environment
- Python 3
mkdir ansible-roles
cd ansible-roles/
python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install pip --upgrade
pip install ansible
pip install molecule
pip install 'molecule[docker]'
pip install 'molecule[podman]'
pip install 'molecule[lint]'
pip install molecule-vagrant
pip install python-vagrant
pip install selinux
pip install docker
pip install pytest
pip install pytest-mock
pip install pylint
pip install rope
pip install autopep8
pip install yamllint
pip install flake8
pip install ansible-lint
Clone the role repository (From your fork) and create symbolic link
git clone https://github.com/<your github user>/ansible-role-epel-repo.git
ln -s ansible-role-epel-repo christiangda.epel_repo
cd christiangda.epel_repo
Execute the molecule test
Scenarios available:
molecule list
scenario default
Step by step
molecule create [--scenario-name default]
molecule converge [--scenario-name default]
molecule verify [--scenario-name default]
molecule destroy [--scenario-name default]
or
All in one
molecule test [--scenario-name default]
Additionally if you want to test it using VMs, I have a very nice ansible-playground project that use Vagrant and VirtualBox, try it!.
License
This module is released under the GNU General Public License Version 3:
Author Information
Ansible Role for EPEL Repository
ansible-galaxy install christiangda.epel_repo