lbrdan / ansible-macos-dev-playbook

Personal Ansible Playbook for MacOS fast dev env setup (Apple Silicon Friendly)

Dumb install

1. Write a vars/secret.vars.yml and vars/config.yml file containing desired config (Reco: Run ansible-vault encrypt vars/secret.vars.yml and "safely" store (even in git))
   • Note that everything inside secret.vars.yml will be merged with config.yml variables
2. Run init.sh

Useful infos

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/63263190/ansible-multiple-vars-files-with-same-yaml-structure-do-not-merge

Installation

1. Ensure Apple's command line tools are installed (xcode-select --install to launch the installer).

2. Install Ansible:

   1. Run the following command to add Python 3 to your $PATH: export PATH="$HOME/Library/Python/3.8/bin:/opt/homebrew/bin:$PATH"
   2. Upgrade Pip: sudo pip3 install --upgrade pip
   3. Install Ansible: pip3 install ansible

3. Clone or download this repository to your local drive.

4. Write/Retrieve 2 proper configs:

   • vars/secret.vars.yml

     Containing all secret vars (encrypted via ansible-vault encrypt vars/secret.vars.yml) - see example.secret.vars.yml

   • vars/config.yml

     Containing all packages, apps and dock things to install - see example.config.yml

5. Run ansible-galaxy install -r requirements.yml inside this directory to install required Ansible roles.

6. Run ansible-playbook local.yml --ask-become-pass --vault-id @prompt inside this directory. Enter your macOS account password when prompted for the 'BECOME' password.

Note: If some Homebrew commands fail, you might need to agree to Xcode's license or fix some other Brew issue. Run brew doctor to see if this is the case.