Ansible Role: azurecli

Role to install (by default) azure-cli package for Debian based and EL based systems or uninstall (if passed as var) on Debian based and EL based systems.

Requirements

None.

Role Variables

Available variables are listed below (located in defaults/main.yml):

Variables List:

azurecli_pre_reqs_debian:
  - apt-transport-https
  - curl
  - ca-certificates
  - lsb-release
  - gnupg
azurecli_pre_reqs_debian_desired_state: present
azurecli_app_name: azure-cli
azurecli_desired_state: present
azurecli_debian_gpg_key: https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc
azurecli_repo_debian: "deb [arch={{ ansible_architecture }}] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/azure-cli/ {{ ansible_lsb['codename'] }} main"
azurecli_repo_debian_when_x86_64: "deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/azure-cli/ {{ ansible_lsb['codename'] }} main"
azurecli_repo_debian_filename: "{{ azurecli_app_name }}"
azurecli_el_gpg_key: https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc
azurecli_repo_el_name: azure-cli
azurecli_repo_el_description: Azure CLI
azurecli_repo_el: https://packages.microsoft.com/yumrepos/azure-cli
azurecli_repo_el_filename: "{{ azurecli_app_name }}"
azurecli_repo_el_gpgcheck: yes
azurecli_repo_el_enabled: yes
azurecli_repo_desired_state: present

Variables table:

Variable	Description
azurecli_pre_reqs_debian	Package required by Azure CLI on Debain based systems.
azurecli_pre_reqs_debian_desired_state	State of the azurecli_pre_reqs_debian_desired_state packages. Whether to install, verify if available or to uninstall (i.e. ansible apt module values: present, latest, or absent)
azurecli_app_name	Name of Azure CLI package i.e. azure-cli
azurecli_desired_state	State of the azurecli_app_name package (i.e. azure-cli package itself.). Whether to install, verify if available or to uninstall (i.e. ansible apt module values: present, latest, or absent)
azurecli_debian_gpg_key	Azure CLI GPG required on Debian based systems.
azurecli_el_gpg_key	Azure CLI GPG required on EL based systems.
azurecli_repo_debian	Repository URL for Debian based systems. Utilized facts such as ansible_architecture.
azurecli_repo_debian_when_x86_64	This variable is used only against systems that are x86_64 type as the architecture is overridden to arch=amd64 as per Azure CLI's Installation steps.
azurecli_repo_debian_filename	Name of the repository file that will be stored at /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ on Debian based systems.
azurecli_repo_el_name	Repository name for Azure CLI on EL based systems.
azurecli_repo_el_description	Description to be added in EL based repository file for Azure CLI.
azurecli_repo_el	Repository baseurl for Azure CLI on EL based systems.
azurecli_repo_el_gpgcheck	Boolean for whether to perform gpg check against Azure CLI on EL based systems.
azurecli_repo_el_enabled	Boolean for whether to set Azure CLI repo as 'enabled' on EL based systems.
azurecli_repo_desired_state	present indicates creating the repository file if it doesn't exist on Debian or EL based systems. Alternative is absent (not recommended as it will prevent from installation of azure-cli pacakge).
azurecli_repo_el_filename	Name of the repository file that will be stored at /etc/yum/sources.list.d/ on EL based systems.

Dependencies

None

Example Playbook

For default behaviour of role (i.e. installation of azure-cli package) in ansible playbooks.

- hosts: servers
  roles:
    - darkwizard242.azurecli

For customizing behavior of role (i.e. installation of latest azure-cli package) in ansible playbooks.

- hosts: servers
  roles:
    - darkwizard242.azurecli
  vars:
    azurecli_desired_state: latest

For customizing behavior of role (i.e. un-installation of azure-cli package) in ansible playbooks.

- hosts: servers
  roles:
    - darkwizard242.azurecli
  vars:
    azurecli_desired_state: absent

License

MIT

Author Information

This role was created by Ali Muhammad.