serverspec
Ansible Role: serverspec
Role to install serverspec on Debian/Ubuntu and EL systems. Serverspec is used for infrastructure testing.
Requirements
Serverspec is a gem and thus, it does require ruby installed. This role automatically installs ruby as well (if it's not already available).
Role Variables
Available variables are listed below (located in defaults/main.yml):
Variables list:
ruby_app_debian_package: ruby-full
ruby_app_el_package: ruby
ruby_desired_state: present
serverspec_app: serverspec
serverspec_desired_state: present
serverspec_user_install: no
serverspec_include_dependencies: yes
Variables table:
| Variable | Description |
|---|---|
| ruby_app_debian_package | Defines the app to install on Debian based systems i.e. ruby-full |
| ruby_app_el_package | Defines the app to install on Enterprise Linux (Redhat/CentOS) systems i.e. ruby |
| ruby_desired_state | Defined to dynamically chose whether to install (i.e. either present or latest) or uninstall (i.e. absent) the package. Defaults to present. |
| serverspec_app | Defines the app to install on Debian based systems i.e. serverspec |
| serverspec_desired_state | Defined to dynamically chose whether to install (i.e. either present or latest) or uninstall (i.e. absent) the gem. Defaults to present. |
| serverspec_user_install | Defined to dynamically set whether to install serverspec gem into a user's local gems. |
| serverspec_include_dependencies | Defined to dynamically set whether to install relative dependencies of serverspec or not. |
Dependencies
None
Example Playbook
For default behaviour of role (i.e. installation of serverspec gem) in ansible playbooks.
- hosts: servers
roles:
- darkwizard242.serverspec
For customizing behavior of role (i.e. removal of serverspec gem) in ansible playbooks.
- hosts: servers
roles:
- darkwizard242.serverspec
vars:
serverspec_desired_state: absent
For customizing behavior of role (i.e. installing serverspec without it's required dependencies) in ansible playbooks.
- hosts: servers
roles:
- darkwizard242.serverspec
vars:
serverspec_include_dependencies: no
License
Author Information
This role was created by Ali Muhammad, a DevOps/CloudOps Engineer who loves to learn and contribute to Open Source community.
About
Serverspec installation/uninstallation for infrastructure testing.
Install
ansible-galaxy install darkwizard242/ansible-role-serverspecLicense
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Downloads
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Owner
Senior DevOps/CloudOps Engineer.
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