Ansible Role: serdigital64.development.dev_python

Purpose

Manage provision of Python

Supported features in the current version:

  • Deploy language and basic tools. Packages are defined in the variable dev_python_profiles.
    • Python versions:
      • CentOS8: v8, v9
      • OracleLinux8: v8, v9
      • Ubuntu20: v8, v9
      • Ubuntu21: v9, v10
      • Fedora33: v9
      • Fedora35: v10
      • Debian10: v7
      • Debian11: v9
    • Tools:
      • pip
      • venv
      • setuptools
      • wheel
  • Provision isolated applications: this feature is used to install modules that can be used directly from the command line as stand-alone applications:
    • Dedicated directory
    • Virtual environment (venv)
    • Python Modules

The dev_python Ansible-Role is part of the A:Platform64 project and is available in the development Ansible-Collection.

Usage

The following example is an Ansible Playbook that includes all the supported features:

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---
- name: "Development / Python / Usage example"
  hosts: "localhost"
  gather_facts: true

  tasks:
    - name: "Example: Install Python package"
      vars:
        dev_python:
          resolve_prereq: true
          deploy: true
      ansible.builtin.include_role:
        name: "serdigital64.development.dev_python"

    - name: "Example: Install MKDocs as isolated application"
      vars:
        dev_python:
          resolve_prereq: true
          deploy: true
          provision: true
        dev_python_applications:
          - name: "mkdocs"
            description: "MKDocs tool"
            location: "/opt/mkdocs"
            owner: "root"
            group: "root"
            modules:
              - "mkdocs"
      ansible.builtin.include_role:
        name: "serdigital64.development.dev_python"
...

The playbook can be run by executing:

# Set ANSIBLE_COLLECTIONS_PATHS to the default install location. Change as needed.
ANSIBLE_COLLECTIONS_PATHS="${HOME}/.ansible/collections"
ansible-playbook "${ANSIBLE_COLLECTIONS_PATHS}/ansible_collections/serdigital64/development/playbooks/dev_python.yml"

Role Parameters

Actions

  • Use action-parameters to control what tasks are enabled for the role to execute.
  • Parameters should be declared as task level vars as they are intented to be dynamic.
dev_python:
  resolve_prereq:
  deploy:
  provision:
Parameter Required? Type Default Purpose / Value
dev_python.resolve_prereq no boolean false Enable automatic resolution of prequisites
dev_python.deploy no boolean false Enable installation of application packages
dev_python.provision no boolean false Enable provisioning of isolated applications (python modules)

End State

  • Use end-state parameters to define the target state after role execution.
  • Parameters should be declared in host_vars or group_vars as they are intended to be permanent.
dev_python_application:
  name:
  type:
  version:
  installed:
dev_python_applications:
  - name:
    description:
    location:
    owner:
    group:
    modules:
      -
Parameter Required? Type Default Purpose / Value
dev_python_application no dictionary Set application package end state
dev_python_application.name no string "python" Select application package name
dev_python_application.type no string "distro" Select application package type
dev_python_application.version no string "latest" Select application package version
dev_python_application.installed no boolean true Set application package end state
dev_python_applications.0.name yes(provision) string Application short name. Format: a-z 0-9
dev_python_applications.0.description no string Short description
dev_python_applications.0.location yes(provision) string Full path where the app will be installed to
dev_python_applications.0.owner no string "root" Location owner
dev_python_applications.0.group no string "root" Location group
dev_python_applications.0.modules yes(provision) list List of Python modules that forms the app
dev_python_applications.0.modules.0 yes(provision) string Python module name

Deployment

OS Compatibility

The operating system compatibility list is defined in the variable: dev_python_platforms

Dependencies

  • Ansible Collections:
    • serdigital64.backup
    • serdigital64.system

Prerequisites

The Ansible engine must be already installed and configured for privileged access and remote execution.

In addition the following prerequisites can be automatically solved when running the playbook by setting the role action: resolve_prereq: true

  • Package manager for the target application is installed and enabled.

Installation Procedure

Manually install Ansible Collections from the Ansible Galaxy repository:

ansible-galaxy collection install --upgrade serdigital64.development

Automatic installation is also available by deploying A:Platform64

Contributing

Help on implementing new features and maintaining the code base is welcomed.

Please see the guidelines for further details.

Author

License

Apache-2.0