Getting started

Example inventory

The role is not active by default. To enable it on a given host, the host needs to be included in the [debops_service_debconf] Ansible inventory group:

[debops_all_hosts]
hostname

[debops_service_debconf]
hostname

Example playbook

If you are using this role without DebOps, here's an example Ansible playbook that uses the debops.debconf role:

---

- name: Manage debconf-based services
  collections: [ 'debops.debops', 'debops.roles01',
                 'debops.roles02', 'debops.roles03' ]
  hosts: [ 'debops_service_debconf' ]
  become: True

  environment: '{{ inventory__environment | d({})
                   | combine(inventory__group_environment | d({}))
                   | combine(inventory__host_environment  | d({})) }}'

  roles:

    - role: debconf
      tags: [ 'role::debconf', 'skip::debconf' ]

Ansible tags

You can use Ansible --tags or --skip-tags parameters to limit what tasks are performed during Ansible run. This can be used after a host was first configured to speed up playbook execution, when you are sure that most of the configuration is already in the desired state.

Available role tags:

role::debconf

Main role tag, should be used in the playbook to execute all tasks.

role::debconf:commands

Run specified commands on the remote hosts.