jsvc

Ansible Role: jsvc

Compile the Apache Commons Daemon, aka jsvc, on RedHat/CentOS and Debian/Ubuntu.

This role downloads and compiles the latest source code from Apache Commons (link), and copies the binary to /usr/bin/. Optionally, it will remove the JDK and source code directory.

If you would like to manually download the source code to your Ansible control host, download the native-src, commons-daemon-*.*.*-native-src.tar.gz, to your files directory and set the following two variables in your playbook:

jsvc_tar_src: commons-daemon-*.*.*-native-src.tar.gz
jsvc_tar_src_remote: false

Install the Role

You can install this role with the Ansible Galaxy CLI:

ansible-galaxy role install trfore.jsvc

You can also include it in a requirements.yml file and install it with ansible-galaxy install -r requirements.yml, using the format:

---
roles:
  - trfore.jsvc

Tested Platforms

ansible-core 2.15, 2.16 & 2.17
CentOS Stream 8 & 9
- Note CentOS 8 defaults to python 3.6 and is not supported in ansible-core 2.17
Debian 10 & 11
Ubuntu 20.04, 22.04 & 24.04

Requirements

None

Role Variables

Available variables are listed below, along with default values (see defaults/main.yml):

Variable	Default	Description	Required
jsvc_src_version	`1.4.0`	Apache Commons' Daemon latest release	No
jsvc_tar_src	URL	Apache Commons' Daemon native source tar file, URL or relative path	No
jsvc_tar_src_remote	`true`	Boolean, `true` if downloading from URL	No
jsvc_tar_dir	`/var/tmp`	Temporary directory on the target host for extracting and compiling the source code	No
jsvc_tar_folder	Automatic	Determined from the `jsvc_tar_src` variable	Automatic
jsvc_build_dependencies	`["autoconf", "make", "gcc"]`	Packages for compiling the source code	No
jsvc_remove_jdk	`false`	Boolean, uninstall the Java JDK after build	No
jsvc_remove_tar_folder	`false`	Boolean, remove the source code temporary directory on the target host	No

OS specific variables are listed below, along with default values (see vars/main.yml):

Variable	Default	Description	Required
jsvc_build_jdk	`openjdk-11-jdk-headless`	Java JDK (Debian)	No
jsvc_build_jdk	`java-11-openjdk-devel.x86_64`	Java JDK (RHEL)	No

Dependencies

None

Example Playbook

- hosts: servers
  become: true
  roles:
    - name: Compile jsvc binary
      role: trfore.jsvc

If you manually download the tar file & wish to remove the JDK and source dir.

- hosts: servers
  become: true
  vars:
    jsvc_tar_src: commons-daemon-1.4.0-native-src.tar.gz
    jsvc_tar_src_remote: false
    jsvc_remove_jdk: true
    jsvc_remove_tar_folder: true
  roles:
    - name: Compile jsvc binary
      role: trfore.jsvc