Dotfiles Role for Ansible

This role installs an opinionated version of dotfiles that we use on our servers.

Requirements

This role requires Ansible version 1.4 or higher and the Debian/Ubuntu platform.

Role Variables

The variables that can be passed to this role and a brief description about them are as follows:

# The name of the user to configure
dotfiles_user: 'admin'

# The user's preferred home directory
dotfiles_home_dir: '/home/admin'

# The user's preferred shell
dotfiles_shell: '/bin/zsh'

Examples

1. Install dotfiles for "admin" user with default shell

   ---
   # This playbook installs dotfiles
   
   - name: Apply dotfiles to all nodes
     hosts: all
     roles:
       - { role: dotfiles,
           dotfiles_user: 'admin',
           dotfiles_home_dir: '/home/admin'
         }

Dependencies

The following packages may be required for Debian derivatives:

• git-core

License

MIT.