Ansible Role: Jetbrains

Ansible role to install Jetbrains IDEs on Linux. The role downloads, verifies, and installs the selected IDEs. It also creates desktop launchers.

Role Variables

    jetbrains_ide: []

The list of dictionaries describing IDEs and versions to install (see example)

    jetbrains_installation_dir: /opt/jetbrains

The root installation directory

    jetbrains_remove_other_versions: true

Controls whether previously installed IDE versions are removed after installation

    jetbrains_releases_url: https://data.services.jetbrains.com/products/releases

The URL used to retrieve information about IDEs

    jetbrains_launcher_dir: /usr/local/share/applications

The directory where IDEs launchers will be created

    jetbrains_binary_dir: /usr/local/bin

The directory where links to IDEs executables will be created

    jetbrains_user: root

The user who will own IDEs files and directories

    jetbrains_link_executable: false

Whether to create a link to the IDE executable under jetbrains_binary_dir

    jetbrains_force_reinstall: false

Whether to force re-installation of the IDE even if it appears to be installed (directory exists). This can be useful if you want to be sure all files are in place.

    jetbrains_code_map:
        CL: clion
        DG: datagrip
        DS: dataspell
        GO: goland
        IIC: intellij-idea-community
        IIU: intellij-idea-ultimate
        IIE: IntelliJ-idea-educational
        PCC: pycharm-community
        PCP: pycharm-professional
        PCE: pycharm-educational
        PS: phpstorm
        RD: rider
        RM: rubymine
        WS: webstorm

The map between IDE codes and names

Dependencies

None

Example Playbook

Install the latest version of Pycharm Community Edition and version 2022.3.1 of PhpStorm:

- hosts: workstations
  roles:
    - role: egdoc.jetbrains
      jetbrains_ide:
        - code: PS
          version: '2022.3.1'
        - code: PCC
          version: latest

License

GPLv2

Author Information

Created by Egidio Docile