NO LONGER SUPPORTED, please take a look to apt_install resources roles !

1. Overview
2. Role Variables
   • OS Specific Variables
3. Example Playbook
4. Packages
   • New Packages
   • Unwanted Packages
5. Configuration
   • Default Editor
   • Updatedb
6. Development
7. License
8. Author Information

Overview

Manage some packages installation and configuration from 'utils' section (Apt).

Role Variables

• pkg_utils_new_state : State of new pkg_utils packages [default : installed].
• pkg_utils_old_manage : If this role should manage unwanted packages [default : true].
• pkg_utils_old_state : State of useless pkg_utils [default : absent].
• pkg_utils_default_editor_name : The default editor name [default : vim.nox].
• pkg_utils_default_editor_path : The default editor path [default : /usr/bin/vim.nox].
• pkg_utils_default_editor_manage : If the default editor should be managed [default : true].
• pkg_utils_updatedb_conf_path : Configuration file for updatedb [default : /etc/updatedb.conf].
• pkg_utils_updatedb_conf_tpl : Template used to generate the previous config file [default : etc/updatedb.conf.j2].
• pkg_utils_updatedb_prune_bind_mounts : Whether or not bind mounts are scanned [default: true].
• pkg_utils_updatedb_prunenames : A list of directory names (without paths) which should not be scanned [default: [.bzr, .git, .hg, .svn]].
• pkg_utils_updatedb_prunepaths : A list of path names of directories which should not be scanned [default: [/media, /mnt, /tmp, /var/lib/ceph, /var/spool]].
• pkg_utils_updatedb_prunefs : A list of file system types (as used in /etc/mtab) which should not be scanned [default: [afs, autofs, binfmt_misc, ceph, cifs, coda, curlftpfs, devfs, devpts, devtmpfs, ecryptfs, fuse.glusterfs, fuse.sshfs, fusesmb, iso9660, lustre, lustre_lite, mfs, ncpfs, NFS, nfs, nfs4, proc, rpc_pipefs, shfs, smbfs, sysfs, ftpfs, tmpfs, udf, usbfs]].
• pkg_utils_purge_installer_log : If the installer log files should be removed [default : true].
• pkg_utils_purge_installer_age : Maximum age of the installer log files before removing [default : 4w].

OS Specific Variables

Please see default value by Operating System file in vars directory.

• pkg_utils_new_list : The list of packages to install to provide pkg_utils.
• pkg_utils_old_list : The list of unwanted packages to remove.

Example Playbook

• Use defaults vars :

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

• Don't remove any packages :

- hosts: serverXYZ
  roles:
    - role: ipr-cnrs.pkg_utils
      pkg_utils_old_manage: false

• Don't remove installer log files :

- hosts: serverXYZ
  roles:
    - role: ipr-cnrs.pkg_utils
      pkg_utils_purge_installer_log: false

Packages

New Packages

• apt-transport-https : https download transport for APT.
• bdsmainutils : Collection of more utilities from FreeBSD.
• colordiff : Tool to colorize 'diff' output.
• cpio : GNU cpio; a program to manage archives of files.
• debian-goodies : Small toolbox-style utilities for Debian systems.
  • Show which installed packages occupy the most place :

dpigs

• htop : Interactive processes viewer.
• lsof : Utility to list open files (eg. useful to redirect stdout).
• lzip : Lossless data compressor based on the LZMA algorithm.
• mlocate : Quickly find files on the filesystem based on their name.
• moreutils : Additionnal Unix utilities.
  • vidir : Edit directory content as a file with vim
• multitail : View multiple logfiles windowed on console :

sudo multitail /var/log/auth.log /var/log/syslog
sudo multitail -s 2 /var/log/auth.log /var/log/syslog /var/log/mail.log

• tmux : Terminal multiplexer.
• tree : Displays an indented directory tree,in color.
• unrar : Unarchiver for .rar files (non-free version).
• unzip : De-archiver for .zip files.
• vim-nox : Vi IMproved - enhanced vi editor - with scripting languages support.
• vim-doc : Vi IMproved - HTML documentation.
• vim-scripts : Plugins for vim, adding bells and whistles.
• zip : Archiver for .zip files.
• zsh : Shell with lots of features.

Unwanted Packages

• vim-tiny : Compact version of vim editor.

Configuration

Default Editor

• Set the pkg_utils_default_editor.name var [default : vim.nox] as the default editor on the system.

Updatedb

Based on the [Oefenweb module][oefenweb ansible updatedb], thanks !

• Set the default configuration file for updatedb and update the database for Mlocate with an handler.
• Ensure to not scan some path, directories and filesystem.

Installer log files

• Debian installer log all the installation in /var/log/installer.
• If a system is stable, you should removed these log files.
• After 4 weeks (by default) this role will remove it.

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)