ansible-playbook-wrapper

Overview

Simple bash wrapper to execute Ansible playbooks in a more convenient way:

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# Ansible Playbook Wrapper #
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 Usage:
   ansible-playbook-wrapper [Options] <Args>

 Required options:
   -p <playbook file>    Playbook file to use

 Not required options:  
   -d                    Perform dry run
   -e <extra var>        Extra variable to use
   -g                    Install galaxy roles from requirements.yml file
   -h                    Show this help text
   -i <inventory file>   Inventory file to use
   -k <private key>      Private key to use for the SSH connection
   -l <host>             Limit to specified host
   -m                    Use mitogen to speed up playbook execution
   -r                    Retry execution for failed hosts
   -s <sudo password>    SUDO password to use
   -t <task name>        Start at task with specified name
   -v <vault password>	 Vault password to use

 Example:
   $scriptName -p my-playbook.yml -s my-sudo-password -v my-vault-password -l my-single-host

Prerequisites

• Ansible must be installed

Installation

• Download ansible-playbook-wrapper script to /usr/local/bin folder:

  sudo wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/chrisipa/ansible-playbook-wrapper/master/ansible-playbook-wrapper -O /usr/local/bin/ansible-playbook-wrapper
  

• Make ansible-playbook-wrapper script executable:

  sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/ansible-playbook-wrapper