Ansible Role: serdigital64.system.sys_shell

Purpose

Manage Unix shells provisioning.

Features available in the current version:

  • Deploy application. Packages are defined in the variable sys_shell_profiles.
  • Install shell plugins. Plugin catalog is defined in the variable sys_shell_plugins
    • zsh
  • Configure user profile for shell types:
    • zsh
    • bash

Supported shells (defined in the variable sys_shell_flavour):

Tag Shell name
csh C Shell
zsh Z Shell
bash Born Again Shell
ksh Korn Shell

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

Usage

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

use this link if viewing the doc on github

---
- name: "System / Shell / Usage example"
  hosts: "localhost"
  gather_facts: true
  vars:
    test_user: "testusr64"
    test_home: "/home/testusr64"

  pre_tasks:
    - name: "Create test users"
      vars:
        sys_user:
          setup: true
        sys_user_accounts:
          - name: "{{ test_user }}"
            home: "{{ test_home }}"
      ansible.builtin.include_role:
        name: "serdigital64.system.sys_user"

  tasks:
    - name: "Example: Install unix shells bash, zsh, csh, ksh and plugins for zsh"
      vars:
        sys_shell:
          resolve_prereq: true
          deploy: true
        sys_shell_catalog:
          bash: true
          csh: true
          ksh: true
          zsh: true
      ansible.builtin.include_role:
        name: "serdigital64.system.sys_shell"

    - name: "Example: Add paths to PATH, add source script, and variable declarations to user's bash profile"
      vars:
        sys_shell:
          setup: true
        sys_shell_catalog:
          bash: true
        sys_shell_users:
          - name: "{{ test_user }}"
            home: "{{ test_home }}"
            access:
              user:
                owner: "{{ test_user }}"
              group:
                owner: "{{ test_user }}"
            flavour: "bash"
            paths:
              - "/tmp/test1"
              - "/tmp/test2"
            include_system: true
            sources:
              - "/tmp/test-source-script.sh"
            variables:
              - name: "VARIABLE1"
                value: "value1"
                export: true
              - name: "VARIABLE2"
                value: "value2"
                export: true
      ansible.builtin.include_role:
        name: "serdigital64.system.sys_shell"
...

The playbook can be run by executing:

# Set ANSIBLE_COLLECTIONS_PATHS to the default location. Change as needed.
ANSIBLE_COLLECTIONS_PATHS="${HOME}/.ansible/collections"
ansible-playbook "${ANSIBLE_COLLECTIONS_PATHS}/ansible_collections/serdigital64/system/playbooks/sys_shell.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.
sys_shell:
  resolve_prereq:
  deploy:
  setup:
Parameter Required? Type Default Purpose / Value
sys_shell.resolve_prereq no boolean false Enable automatic resolution of prequisites
sys_shell.deploy no boolean false Enable installation of application packages
sys_shell.setup no boolean false Enable user shell profile configuration

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.
sys_shell_catalog:
  zsh:
  bash:
  ksh:
  csh:
sys_shell_users:
  - name:
    flavour:
    access:
      user:
        owner:
      group:
        owner:
      mode:
        file:
        dir:
    home:
    paths:
    variables:
      - name:
        value:
        export:
    sources:
    include_system:
sys_shell_actions:
  setup:
    overwrite:
Parameter Required? Type Default Purpose / Value
sys_shell_catalog no dictionary Define what unix shells will be available on the system
sys_shell_catalog.zsh no boolean false Enable processing of the zsh shell
sys_shell_catalog.bash no boolean false Enable processing of the bash shell
sys_shell_catalog.csh no boolean false Enable processing of the csh shell
sys_shell_catalog.ksh no boolean false Enable processing of the ksh shell
sys_shell_user yes(setup) list Define the list of target users to setup
sys_shell_user.name yes(setup) string Login name
sys_shell_user.flavour yes(setup) string Profile shell type. Use the associated tag from the supported shell list
sys_shell_user.access no dictionary Define access permissions for profile files
sys_shell_user.access.user yes(setup) dictionary Define owning user
sys_shell_user.access.user.owner yes(setup) string User name
sys_shell_user.access.group yes(setup) dictionary Define owning group
sys_shell_user.access.group.owner yes(setup) string Group name
sys_shell_user.access.mode no dictionary Define file permissions
sys_shell_user.access.mode.file no string Define permissions for files. Use octal notation
sys_shell_user.access.mode.dir no string Define permissions for directories. Use octal notation
sys_shell_user.home no string Full path to the user's home directory
sys_shell_user.paths no list List of full paths to add to the PATH variable
sys_shell_user.variables no list List of user defined variables to be added to the profile
sys_shell_user.variables.0.name no string Variable name
sys_shell_user.variables.0.value no string Variable value
sys_shell_user.variables.0.export no boolean Export the variable?
sys_shell_user.sources no list List of full path scripts to be included in the profile (source)
sys_shell_user.include_system no boolean Include system wide profile?
sys_shell_actions no dictionary Set action options
sys_shell_actions.setup no dictionary Set setup action options
sys_shell_actions.setup.overwrite no boolean false Overwrite user configurations?

Deployment

OS Compatibility

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

Dependencies

  • Ansible Collections:
    • serdigital64.automation
      • auto_ansible_node
    • serdigital64.system
      • sys_package
      • sys_repository

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.system

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