Anydesk Ansible Role

This role installs AnyDesk on a Linux System. Currently only support Ubuntu 20.04, but patches are welcomed.

Requirements

No requirements.

Role Variables

AnyDesk service

• anydesk_service_manage
  Required: no
  Default: true
  Type: boolean
  Allows managing the AnyDesk service.
• anydesk_service_state
  Required: no
  Default: started
  Type: Valid service state according to ansible.builtin.service module. The state of the service on runtime (when executing playbook).
• anydesk_service_enabled
  Required: no
  Default: true
  Type: boolean
  Whether the service should start on boot.
• anydesk_restart_handler_state
  Required: no
  Default: restarted
  Type: Valid service state according to ansible.builtin.service module.
  The state of the service when installing or updating AnyDesk.

AnyDesk Configuration

• anydesk_system_conf_file
  Required: no
  Default: /etc/anydesk/system.conf
  Type: string (file path)
  File for AnyDesk system configuration.
• anydesk_system_options
  Required: no
  Default: empty
  Type: list of dictionaries in the form:
  • name: the name of the option
  • value: the value of the option. List of options that the system.conf file will have. Options will be put in the anydesk_system_conf_file file. No documentation for options are provided here since they may change per AnyDesk version.
• anydesk_system_options_per_user
  Required: no
  Default: empty
  Type: list of dictionaries containing the user name and list of options like anydesk_system_options:
  • user: the name of the user.
  • options: list of dictionaries in the form of anydesk_system_options.
  • config_file: custom configuration file path (system.conf) for the user. Otherwise, ~/.anydesk/system.conf is used.
    List of options specefic to users.

Example Playbook

This playbook installs AnyDesk, but disable the service at boot and prevent it from starting (just installation). It also sets the ad.security.interactive_access option to 2 (which currently means preventing remote control).

---
- hosts: servers
  roles:
     - role: notetiene.anydesk
       anydesk_service_enabled: false
       anydesk_service_state: stopped
       anydesk_restart_handler_state: stopped
       anydesk_system_options:
         - name: ad.security.interactive_access
           value: 2
       anydesk_system_options_per_user:
         - user: etienne
           options:
             - name: ad.security.interactive_access
               value: 2

License

MIT