srsp.oracle-java for Ansible Galaxy

Summary

Role name in Ansible Galaxy: srsp.oracle-java

This Ansible role has the following features for Oracle JDK:

• Install JDK 8 in current versions.
• Install optional Java Cryptography Extensions (JCE)
• Install for CentOS, Debian/Ubuntu, SUSE, and Mac OS X families.

This role is based on williamyeh.oracle-java, but I wanted more recent Java versions and decided to drop support for older versions.

If you prefer OpenJDK, try alternatives such as geerlingguy.java or smola.java.

Role Variables

Mandatory variables

None

Optional variables

User-configurable defaults:

# which version?
java_version: 8

# which subversion?
java_subversion: 141

# which directory to put the download file?
java_download_path: /tmp

# rpm/tar.gz file location:
#   - true: download from Oracle on-the-fly;
#   - false: copy from `{{ playbook_dir }}/files` on the control machine.
java_download_from_oracle: true

# remove temporary downloaded files?
java_remove_download: true

# set $JAVA_HOME?
java_set_javahome: false

# install JCE?
java_install_jce: false

For other configurable internals, read tasks/set-role-variables.yml file; for example, supported java_version/java_subversion combinations.

If you want to install a Java release which is not supported out-of-the-box, you have to specify the corresponding Java build number in the variable java_build in addition to java_version and java_subversion, e.g.

---
- hosts: all

  roles:
    - srsp.oracle-java

  vars:
    java_version: 8
    java_subversion: 141
    java_build: 15
    jdk_tarball_hash: 336fa29ff2bb4ef291e347e091f7f4a7

Customized variables, if absolutely necessary

If you have a pre-downloaded jdk_tarball_file whose filename cannot be inferred successfully by tasks/set-role-variables.yml, you may specify it explicitly:

# Specify the pre-fetch filename (without tailing .tar.gz or .rpm or .dmg);
# used in conjunction with `java_download_from_oracle: false`.

jdk_tarball_file

# For example, if you have a `files/jdk-7u79-linux-x64.tar.gz` locally,
# but the filename cannot be inferred successfully by `tasks/set-role-variables.yml`,
# you may specify the following variables in your playbook:
#
#    java_version:    7
#    java_subversion: 79
#    java_download_from_oracle: false
#    jdk_tarball_file: jdk-7u79-linux-x64
#

Usage

Step 1: add role

Add role name srsp.oracle-java to your playbook file.

Step 2: add variables

Set vars in your playbook file.

Simple example:

---
# file: simple-playbook.yml

- hosts: all

  roles:
    - srsp.oracle-java

  vars:
    java_version: 8

(Optionally) pre-fetch .rpm, .tar.gz or .dmg files

For some reasons, you may want to pre-fetch .rpm, .tar.gz or .dmg files before the execution of this role, instead of downloading from Oracle on-the-fly.

To do this, put the file on the {{ playbook_dir }}/files directory in advance, and then set the java_download_from_oracle variable to false:

---
# file: prefetch-playbook.yml

- hosts: all

  roles:
    - srsp.oracle-java

  vars:
    java_version: 8
    java_download_from_oracle: false

Dependencies

License

Licensed under the Apache License V2.0. See the LICENSE file for details.