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Ansible role to setup Debian-like systems desktop configuration.

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Full documentation on Readthedocs <https://desktop.readthedocs.io>_.

Source code on:

Github <https://github.com/constrict0r/desktop>_.

Gitlab <https://gitlab.com/constrict0r/desktop>_.

Part of: <https://gitlab.com/explore/projects?tag=doombot>_

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Ingredients

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Contents

Description <#Description>_
Usage <#Usage>_
Variables <#Variables>_
- expand <#expand>_
- group <#group>_
- packages <#packages>_
- packages_js <#packages-js>_
- packages_pip <#packages-pip>_
- packages_purge <#packages-purge>_
- password <#password>_
- repositories <#repositories>_
- services <#services>_
- services_disable <#services-disable>_
- system_skeleton <#system-skeleton>_
- upgrade <#upgrade>_
- users <#users>_
- user_skeleton <#user-skeleton>_
- user_tasks <#user-tasks>_
- configuration <#configuration>_
YAML <#YAML>_
Attributes <#Attributes>_
- item_name <#item-name>_
- item_pass <#item-pass>_
- item_group <#item-group>_
- item_expand <#item-expand>_
- item_path <#item-path>_
Requirements <#Requirements>_
Compatibility <#Compatibility>_
License <#License>_
Links <#Links>_
UML <#UML>_
- Deployment <#deployment>_
Author <#Author>_

Description

Ansible role to setup Debian-like systems desktop configuration.

This is capable of:

Upgrade the system.
Add apt <https://wiki.debian.org/Apt>_ repository sources.
Update the apt cache.
Uninstall apt packages.
Install apt packages.
Install yarn <https://yarnpkg.com>_ packages.
Install pip <https://pypi.org/project/pip/>_ packages.
Apply system-wide configuration using git.
Stop services and disable them.
Enable services and restart them.
Create users.
Add users to groups.
Apply user-wide configuration using git.
Run custom user tasks.

By default this role applies the following configuration:

Installs the base software:

apt-transport-https
bzip2
ca-certificates
curl
sudo
unrar-free
unzip
vim
wget
xz-utils
Installs the desktop software:

audacity
easytag
ffmpeg
gedit
gimp
gnome
gparted
inkscape
kdenlive
keepassx
obs-studio
rhythmbox
vlc
Configures the base software:

  * Creates a *.vimrc* configuration file on each user home
     directory.

  * Enable syntax highlight.

  * Set two spaces instead of tabs.

Configures the desktop software:

emacs

  * Creates a *.emacs.d* configuration folder on each user home
     directory.

  * Enable line numbers.

  * Set themes folder.

  * Set wintermute theme.

  * Use spaces instead of tabs.

Usage

To install and execute:

  ansible-galaxy install constrict0r.desktop
  ansible localhost -m include_role -a name=constrict0r.desktop -K

Passing variables:

  ansible localhost -m include_role -a name=constrict0r.desktop -K \
      -e "{packages: [gedit, rolldice]}"

To include the role on a playbook:

  - hosts: servers
    roles:
        - {role: constrict0r.desktop}

To include the role as dependency on another role:

  dependencies:
    - role: constrict0r.desktop
      packages: [gedit, rolldice]

To use the role from tasks:

  - name: Execute role task.
    import_role:
      name: constrict0r.desktop
    vars:
      packages: [gedit, rolldice]

To run tests:

cd desktop chmod +x testme.sh ./testme.sh

On some tests you may need to use sudo to succeed.

Variables

The following variables are supported:

expand

Boolean value indicating if load items from file paths or URLs or just treat files and URLs as plain text.

If set to true this role will attempt to load items from the especified paths and URLs.

If set to false each file path or URL found on packages will be treated as plain text.

This variable is set to true by default.

ansible localhost -m include_role -a name=constrict0r.desktop
-e "expand=true configuration='/home/username/my-config.yml' titles='packages'"

If you wish to override the value of this variable, specify an item_path and an item_expand attributes when passing the item, the item_path attribute can be used with URLs too:

ansible localhost -m include_role -a name=constrict0r.desktop
-e "{expand: false, packages: [
item_path: '/home/username/my-config.yml',
item_expand: false
], titles: 'packages'}"

To prevent any unexpected behaviour, it is recommended to always specify this variable when calling this role.

group

List of groups to add all users into. Each non-empty username will be added to the groups specified on this variable.

This list can be modified by passing an groups array when including the role on a playbook or via –extra-vars from a terminal.

This variable is empty by default.

Including from terminal.

ansible localhost -m include_role -a name=constrict0r.desktop -K -e
"{group: [disk, sudo]}"

Including on a playbook.

hosts: servers roles:
- role: constrict0r.desktop group:
  - disk
  - sudo

To a playbook from terminal.

ansible-playbook -i inventory my-playbook.yml -K -e
"{group: [disk, sudo]}"

packages

List of packages to install via apt.

This list can be modified by passing a packages array when including the role on a playbook or via –extra-vars from a terminal.

This variable is empty by default.

Including from terminal.

ansible localhost -m include_role -a name=constrict0r.desktop -K -e
"{packages: [gedit, rolldice]}"

Including on a playbook.

hosts: servers roles:
- role: constrict0r.desktop packages:
  - gedit
  - rolldice

To a playbook from terminal.

ansible-playbook -i inventory my-playbook.yml -K -e
"{packages: [gedit, rolldice]}"

packages_js

List of packages to install via yarn.

This list can be modified by passing a packages_js array when including the role on a playbook or via –extra-vars from a terminal.

If you want to install a specific package version, then specify name and version attributes for the package.

This variable is empty by default.

Including from terminal.

ansible localhost -m include_role -a name=constrict0r.desktop -K -e
"{packages_js: [node-red, {name: requests, version: 2.22.0}]}"

Including on a playbook.

hosts: servers roles:
- role: constrict0r.desktop packages_js:
  - node-red
  - name: requests version: 2.22.0

To a playbook from terminal.

ansible-playbook -i inventory my-playbook.yml -K -e
"{packages_js: [node-red, {name: requests, version: 2.22.0}]}"

packages_pip

List of packages to install via pip.

This list can be modified by passing a packages_pip array when including the role on a playbook or via –extra-vars from a terminal.

If you want to install a specific package version, append the version to the package name.

This variable is empty by default.

Including from terminal.

ansible localhost -m include_role -a name=constrict0r.desktop -K -e
"{packages_pip: ['bottle==0.12.17', 'whisper']}"

Including on a playbook.

hosts: servers roles:
- role: constrict0r.desktop packages_pip:
  - bottle==0.12.17
  - whisper

To a playbook from terminal.

ansible-playbook -i inventory my-playbook.yml -K -e
"{packages_pip: ['bottle==0.12.17', 'whisper']}"

packages_purge

List of packages to purge using apt.

This list can be modified by passing a packages_purge array when including the role on a playbook or via –extra-vars from a terminal.

This variable is empty by default.

Including from terminal.

ansible localhost -m include_role -a name=constrict0r.desktop -K -e
"{packages_purge: [gedit, rolldice]}"

Including on a playbook.

hosts: servers roles:
- role: constrict0r.desktop packages_purge:
  - gedit
  - rolldice

To a playbook from terminal.

ansible-playbook -i inventory my-playbook.yml -K -e
"{packages_purge: [gedit, rolldice]}"

password

If an user do not specifies the password attribute, this password will be setted for that user.

This password will only be setted for new users and do not affects existent users.

This variable defaults to 1234.

Including from terminal.

ansible localhost -m include_role -a name=constrict0r.desktop -K -e
"{password: 4321}"

Including on a playbook.

hosts: servers roles:
- role: constrict0r.desktop password: 4321

To a playbook from terminal.

ansible-playbook -i inventory my-playbook.yml -K -e
"password=4321"

repositories

List of repositories to add to the apt sources.

This list can be modified by passing a repositories array when including the role on a playbook or via –extra-vars from a terminal.

This variable is empty by default.

Including from terminal.

ansible localhost -m include_role -a name=constrict0r.desktop -K -e
"{repositories: [{
name: multimedia,
repo: 'deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org sid main'
}]}}"

Including on a playbook.

hosts: servers roles:
- role: constrict0r.desktop repositories:
  - name: multimedia repo: deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org sid main

To a playbook from terminal.

ansible-playbook -i inventory my-playbook.yml -K -e
"{repositories: [{
name: multimedia,
repo: 'deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org sid main'
}]}}"

services

List of services to enable and start.

This list can be modified by passing a services array when including the role on a playbook or via –extra-vars from a terminal.

This variable is empty by default.

Including from terminal.

ansible localhost -m include_role -a name=constrict0r.desktop -K -e
"{services: [mosquitto, nginx]}"

Including on a playbook.

hosts: servers roles:
- role: constrict0r.desktop services:
  - mosquitto
  - nginx

To a playbook from terminal.

ansible-playbook -i inventory my-playbook.yml -K -e
"{services: [mosquitto, nginx]}"

services_disable

List of services to stop and disable.

This list can be modified by passing a services_disable array when including the role on a playbook or via –extra-vars from a terminal.

This variable is empty by default.

Including from terminal.

ansible localhost -m include_role -a name=constrict0r.desktop -K -e
"{services_disable: [mosquitto, nginx]}"

Including on a playbook.

hosts: servers roles:
- role: constrict0r.desktop services_disable:
  - mosquitto
  - nginx

To a playbook from terminal.

ansible-playbook -i inventory my-playbook.yml -K -e
"{services_disable: [mosquitto, nginx]}"

system_skeleton

URL or list of URLs pointing to git skeleton repositories containing layouts of directories and configuration files.

Each URL on system_skeleton will be checked to see if it points to a valid git repository, and if it does, the git repository is cloned.

The contents of each cloned repository will then be copied to the root of the filesystem as a simple method to apply system-wide configuration.

This variable is empty by default.

Including from terminal.

ansible localhost -m include_role -a name=constrict0r.desktop -K -e
"{system_skeleton: [item_path: https://gitlab.com/huertico/server, item_expand: false]}"

Or:

Including from terminal.

ansible localhost -m include_role -a name=constrict0r.desktop -K -e
"{system_skeleton:https://gitlab.com/huertico/server, expand: false}"

Including on a playbook.

hosts: servers roles:
- role: constrict0r.desktop system_skeleton:
  - item_path: https://gitlab.com/huertico/server item_expand: false
  - item_path: https://gitlab.com/huertico/client item_expand: false

Or:

Including on a playbook.

hosts: servers roles:
- role: constrict0r.desktop system_skeleton:
  - https://gitlab.com/huertico/server
  - https://gitlab.com/huertico/client expand: false

To a playbook from terminal.

ansible-playbook -i inventory my-playbook.yml -K -e
"{system_skeleton: [item_path: https://gitlab.com/huertico/server, item_expand: false]}"

Or:

To a playbook from terminal.

ansible-playbook -i inventory my-playbook.yml -K -e
"{system_skeleton: [https://gitlab.com/huertico/server], expand: false}"

upgrade

Boolean variable that defines if a system full upgrade is performed or not.

If set to true a full system upgrade is executed.

This variable is set to true by default.

Including from terminal.

ansible localhost -m include_role -a name=constrict0r.desktop -K -e
"upgrade=false"

Including on a playbook.

hosts: servers roles:
- role: constrict0r.desktop upgrade: false

To a playbook from terminal.

ansible-playbook -i inventory my-playbook.yml -K -e
"upgrade=false"

users

List of users to be created. Each non-empty username listed on users will be created.

This list can be modified by passing an users array when including the role on a playbook or via –extra-vars from a terminal.

This variable is empty by default.

Including from terminal.

ansible localhost -m include_role -a name=constrict0r.desktop -K -e
"{users: [mary, jhon]}"

Including on a playbook.

hosts: servers roles:
- role: constrict0r.desktop users:
  - mary
  - jhon

To a playbook from terminal.

ansible-playbook -i inventory my-playbook.yml -K -e
"{users: [mary, jhon]}"

user_skeleton

URL or list of URLs pointing to git skeleton repositories containing layouts of directories and configuration files.

Each URL on system_skeleton will be checked to see if it points to a valid git repository, and if it does, the git repository is cloned.

The contents of each cloned repository will then be copied to each user home directory.

This variable is empty by default.

Including from terminal.

ansible localhost -m include_role -a name=constrict0r.desktop -K -e
"{user_skeleton: [item_path: https://gitlab.com/constrict0r/home, item_expand: false]}"

Or:

Including from terminal.

ansible localhost -m include_role -a name=constrict0r.desktop -K -e
"{user_skeleton: [https://gitlab.com/constrict0r/home], expand: false}"

Including on a playbook.

hosts: servers roles:
- role: constrict0r.desktop user_skeleton:
  - item_path: https://gitlab.com/constrict0r/home item_expand: false

Or:

Including on a playbook.

hosts: servers roles:
- role: constrict0r.desktop user_skeleton:
  - https://gitlab.com/constrict0r/home expand: false

To a playbook from terminal.

ansible-playbook -i inventory my-playbook.yml -K -e
"{user_skeleton: [item_path: https://gitlab.com/constrict0r/home, item_expand: false]}"

Or:

To a playbook from terminal.

ansible-playbook -i inventory my-playbook.yml -K -e
"{user_skeleton: [https://gitlab.com/constrict0r/home], expand: false}"

user_tasks

Absolute file path or URL to a .yml file containing ansible tasks to execute.

Each file or URL on this variable will be checked to see if it exists and if it does, the task is executed.

This variable is empty by default.

Including from terminal.

ansible localhost -m include_role -a name=constrict0r.desktop -K -e
"{user_tasks: [item_path: https://is.gd/vVCfKI, item_expand: false]}"

Or:

Including from terminal.

ansible localhost -m include_role -a name=constrict0r.desktop -K -e
"{user_tasks: [https://is.gd/vVCfKI], expand: false}"

Including on a playbook.

hosts: servers roles:
- role: constrict0r.desktop user_tasks:
  - item_path: https://is.gd/vVCfKI item_expand: false

Or:

Including on a playbook.

hosts: servers roles:
- role: constrict0r.desktop user_tasks:
  - https://is.gd/vVCfKI expand: false

To a playbook from terminal.

ansible-playbook -i inventory my-playbook.yml -K -e
"{user_tasks: [item_path: https://is.gd/vVCfKI, item_expand: false]}"

Or:

To a playbook from terminal.

ansible-playbook -i inventory my-playbook.yml -K -e
"{user_tasks: [https://is.gd/vVCfKI], expand: false}"

configuration

Absolute file path or URL to a .yml file that contains all or some of the variables supported by this role.

It is recommended to use a .yml or .yaml extension for the configuration file.

This variable is empty by default.

Using file path.

ansible localhost -m include_role -a name=constrict0r.desktop -K -e
"configuration=/home/username/my-config.yml"

Using URL.

ansible localhost -m include_role -a name=constrict0r.desktop -K -e
"configuration=https://my-url/my-config.yml"

To see how to write a configuration file see the YAML file format section.

YAML

When passing configuration files to this role as parameters, it’s recommended to add a .yml or .yaml extension to the each file.

It is also recommended to add three dashes at the top of each file:

You can include in the file the variables required for your tasks:

packages: - [gedit, rolldice]

If you want this role to load list of items from files and URLs you can set the expand variable to true:

packages: /home/username/my-config.yml

expand: true

If the expand variable is false, any file path or URL found will be treated like plain text.

Attributes

On the item level you can use attributes to configure how this role handles the items data.

The attributes supported by this role are:

item_name

Name of the item to load or create.

packages: - item_name: my-item-name

item_pass

Password for the item to load or create.

packages: - item_pass: my-item-pass

item_group

List of groups to add users into.

packages: - item_name: my-username item_group: [disk, sudo]

item_expand

Boolean value indicating if treat this item as a file path or URL or just treat it as plain text.

packages: - item_expand: true item_path: /home/username/my-config.yml

item_path

Absolute file path or URL to a .yml file.

packages: - item_path: /home/username/my-config.yml

This attribute also works with URLs.

Requirements

Ansible <https://www.ansible.com>_ >= 2.8.
Jinja2 <https://palletsprojects.com/p/jinja/>_.
Pip <https://pypi.org/project/pip/>_.
Python <https://www.python.org/>_.
PyYAML <https://pyyaml.org/>_.
Requests <https://2.python-requests.org/en/master/>_.

If you want to run the tests, you will also need:

Docker <https://www.docker.com/>_.
Molecule <https://molecule.readthedocs.io/>_.
Setuptools <https://pypi.org/project/setuptools/>_.

Compatibility

Debian Buster <https://wiki.debian.org/DebianBuster>_.
Debian Raspbian <https://raspbian.org/>_.
Debian Stretch <https://wiki.debian.org/DebianStretch>_.
Ubuntu Xenial <http://releases.ubuntu.com/16.04/>_.

License

MIT. See the LICENSE file for more details.

Links

Github <https://github.com/constrict0r/desktop>_.
Gitlab <https://gitlab.com/constrict0r/desktop>_.
Gitlab CI <https://gitlab.com/constrict0r/desktop/pipelines>_.
Readthedocs <https://desktop.readthedocs.io>_.
Travis CI <https://travis-ci.com/constrict0r/desktop>_.

UML

Deployment

The full project structure is shown below:

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Author

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The Travelling Vaudeville Villain.

Enjoy!!!

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Debian-like systems desktop configuration.

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