eb4x / norcams-ansible

Ansible jobs for use on himlar

Ansible managment of himlar

Based on usage in himlar and with himlarcli

Inventory

Inventory files can be updated from foreman with

$himlarcli/ansible_hosts.py -c ./config.ini.$loc

This will generate ./hostfile.$loc. Copy to this file to $ansible_repo/inventory/$loc

Variables

Default values are in group_vars/all.yaml and can then be overridden in group_vars/$loc.yaml or group_vars/$loc-$role.yaml (or in host_vars/ as a last resort).

Run

Always run with sudo and with hosts variable set on the command line. All playbook should be stored under lib/ and hosts can be single hostname, $loc or $loc-$role.

Example:

sudo ansible-playbook -e "myhosts=bgo" lib/ping.yaml

Dry-run

To use dry-run add --check to the command