Apt

1. Overview
2. Role Variables
3. Example Playbook
4. Configuration
   • Sources List
   • Preferences
   • Tools
5. Development
6. License
7. Author Information

Overview

Manage APT repos, preferences and configuration for IPR's servers.

Role Variables

• apt_src_list_manage : If apt sources list files should be managed [default : true].
• apt_purge_src_list_file : If the default sources.file must be absent [default : true].
• apt_stretch_manage : If Stretch configuration should be managed [default : true].
• apt_default_pref_path : Path to set the default preferences file for all repositories [default : /etc/apt/preferences.d/default.pref].
• apt_default_pref_tpl : Template used to generate the previous config file [default : etc/apt/preferences.d/default.pref.j2].
• apt_tools_list : The list of additionnals tools to install [default see below].
• apt_tools_state : State of new tools [default : installed].
• apt_tools_manage : If those tools should be managed by the role [default : true].

Example Playbook

• Use defaults vars :

- hosts: serverXYZ
  roles:
    - role: ipr-cnrs.apt

Configuration

Sources List

Manage Debian's sources.list :

• Remove the default /etc/apt/sources.list file.
• Add Stretch repositories.
• Update Apt if any repositories modifications.

Preferences

• Set the preferences for all repositories, default to :
  • Stretch - 510.
  • Stretch Backports - 500.

Tools

Ensure to install :

• aptitude (better than apt to resolve dependencies issues)

Development

This source code comes from our Gogs instance and the Github repo exist just to be able to send the role to Ansible Galaxy…

But feel free to send issue/PR here :)

Thanks to this hook, Github automatically got updates from our Gogs instance :)

License

WTFPL

Author Information

Jérémy Gardais

• Source : on IPR's Gogs
• IPR (Institut de Physique de Rennes)