phizzl.archive

Ansible role archive

A role to generate archives

Requirements

Hosts should be bootstrapped for ansible usage (have python,...)

Role Variables

Variable	Description	Default value
`archive_directories`	Definitions for generating the archives. See below for details.	[]

`archive_directories` details

This list contains the definitions for all archives to build

Variable	Description	Required	Default
`path`	The	yes	/
`dest`	The target filepath that the archive should be saved to	yes	/
`format`	The generating format	no	gz
`remove`	Flag to remove the source files after the archive has been generated.	no	[]
`excludes`	List of files and directories to exclude from archive	no	[]

Dependencies

Example playbook

- name: Create archive
  hosts: archive
  roles:
    - role: archive
      vars:
        archive_directories:
          - path: /var/www/repo
            dest: /tmp/archives/archive.tgz
            format: gz
            remove: false
            excludes:
              - scripts/
              - tests/
              - .gitignore