Ansible Role linuxfabrik.lfops.cockpit

This role can either install or remove all cockpit packages from the system (for security reasons).

Tags

cockpit

• Installs or removes cockpit packages.
• Triggers: none.

cockpit:state

• Manages the state of the systemd socket.
• Triggers: none.

Optional Role Variables

cockpit__additional_packages

• Additional cockpit packages to install, to extend the functionality of the web console.
• Type: List of strings.
• Default: unset

cockpit__socket_enabled

• Enables or disables the cockpit.socket, analogous to systemctl enable/disable --now.
• Type: Bool.
• Default: true

cockpit__state

• State of the cockpit packages. Possible Options: 'absent', 'present'.
• Type: String.
• Default: 'absent'

Example:

# optional
cockpit__additional_packages:
  - 'cockpit-machines' # for KVM administration
cockpit__socket_enabled: true
cockpit__state: 'present'

License

The Unlicense

Author Information

Linuxfabrik GmbH, Zurich