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# arpwatch
1. [Overview](#overview)
2. [Role Variables](#role-variables)
3. [Example Playbook](#example-playbook)
4. [Configuration](#configuration)
5. [Development](#development)
6. [License](#license)
7. [Author Information](#author-information)
## Overview
Manage Arpwatch installation and configuration.
## Role Variables
* **arpwatch__base_packages**: List of base packages in order to provide `arpwatch` [default: `arpwatch`].
* **arpwatch__enabled**: Enable or disable support for Arpwatch on a given host [default: `True`].
* **arpwatch__service_manage**: If the arpwatch service should be managed [default: `True`].
* **arpwatch__service_name**: The service name to manage [default: `arpwatch`].
* **arpwatch__conf_src**: Template used to provide configuration file [default: `../templates/etc/arpwatch.conf.j2`].
## Example Playbook
* Use defaults vars:
``` yml
- hosts: serverXYZ
roles:
- role: ipr-cnrs.arpwatch
```
## Configuration
This role will:
* Install needed packages to provide `arpwatch` service.
* Manage `arpwatch` configuration (/etc/arpwatch.conf).
* Ensure `arpwatch` service is enabled and started.
* Ensure to restart `arpwatch` service if configuration changed.
## Development
This source code comes from our [Gogs instance][arpwatch source] and the [Github repo][arpwatch github] exist just to be able to send the role to Ansible Galaxy…
But feel free to send issue/PR here :)
Thanks to this [hook][gogs to github hook], Github automatically got updates from our [Gogs instance][arpwatch source] :)
## License
[WTFPL][wtfpl website]
## Author Information
Jérémy Gardais
* Source: [on IPR's Gogs][arpwatch source]
* [IPR][ipr website] (Institut de Physique de Rennes)
[gogs to github hook]: https://stackoverflow.com/a/21998477
[arpwatch source]: https://git.ipr.univ-rennes1.fr/cellinfo/ansible.arpwatch
[arpwatch github]: https://github.com/ipr-cnrs/arpwatch
[wtfpl website]: http://www.wtfpl.net/about/
[ipr website]: https://ipr.univ-rennes1.fr/