Ansible Role linuxfabrik.lfops.apps¶

This role manages a list of applications using the OS's package manager. Internally it uses ansible.builtin.package, so the right backend (apt, dnf, yum, ...) is chosen automatically per host.

Items with state: 'absent' are removed first, then everything else is installed in a single present call.

Available since LFOps 2.0.0.

Tags¶

apps

Removes apps using the package manager.
Deploys apps using the package manager.
Triggers: none.

Optional Role Variables¶

apps__apps__host_var / apps__apps__group_var

List of apps to remove or to deploy. Items can be set on multiple inventory levels (host_var, group_var); the role merges them via the standard LFOps "Combined Variables" pattern.
Type: List of dictionaries.
Default: []
Subkeys:
- name:
  - Mandatory. Name of the application package, as understood by the host's package manager.
  - Type: String.
- state:
  - Optional. Possible options: 'present' (default), 'absent'. You can use other states like 'latest' ONLY if they are supported by the underlying package backend (apt, dnf, ...) on the target host.
  - Type: String.
  - Default: 'present'

Example:

# optional
apps__apps__host_var:
  - name: 'svn'
    state: 'absent'
  - name: 'git'

License¶

The Unlicense

Author Information¶

Linuxfabrik GmbH, Zurich