debops.debops_api default variables

Packages and installation

debops_api__python_version

Python version to use. The Python 3 modules are not available in older distribution releases. The Python 2 modules on the other hand are. The primary testing and deployment environment is Python 3 but Python 2 should also work (at least to get the CI test passing).

debops_api__python_version: '{{
    3 if (ansible_distribution == "Debian" and ansible_distribution_major_version|int >= 8)
    else 2 }}'

debops_api__python3_packages

List of Python 3 packaged modules to install.

debops_api__python3_packages:
  - 'python3-yaml'
  - 'python3-git'
  - 'python3-docutils'

debops_api__python2_packages

List of Python 2 packaged modules to install.

debops_api__python2_packages:
  - 'python-yaml'
  - 'python-git'
  - 'python-docutils'

debops_api__deploy_state

What is the desired state which this role should achieve? Possible options:

present

Default. Ensure that the DebOps API is installed and configured as requested..

absent

Ensure that the DebOps API is uninstalled and it's configuration is removed. Currently not fully supported.

debops_api__deploy_state: 'present'

DebOps API installation

debops_api__user

System user of the DebOps API server.

debops_api__user: 'debops-api'

debops_api__group

System group of the DebOps API server.

debops_api__group: 'debops-api'

debops_api__home

Home directory of the DebOps API user.

debops_api__home: '{{ ansible_local.nginx.www|d("/srv/www") + "/" + debops_api__user }}'

debops_api__public_api_dir

Public API data directory which is going to be served by nginx.

debops_api__public_api_dir: '{{ debops_api__home + "/sites/public" }}'

debops_api__app_repo_url

Source from where the DebOps API script will be installed. TODO: Verified using debops-keyring.

debops_api__app_repo_url: 'https://github.com/debops/debops-api.git'

debops_api__app_repo_path

Directory path where the DebOps API script repository will be installed.

debops_api__app_repo_dest: '{{ (ansible_local.fhs.src | d("/usr/local/src"))
                               + "/debops-api" }}'

debops_api__input_data_repo_update

When enables, input data repository will be updated on each Ansible run (might take some time).

debops_api__input_data_repo_update: False

debops_api__input_data_repo_url

Repository containing all DebOps roles as git submodules.

debops_api__input_data_repo_url: 'https://github.com/debops/docs.git'

debops_api__input_data_dir

Input data directory of the DebOps API.

debops_api__input_data_dir: '{{ (ansible_local.fhs.var | d("/var/local"))
                                + "/debops-api" }}'

debops_api__input_data_repo_dest

Directory where debops_api__input_data_repo_url gets cloned to.

debops_api__input_data_repo_dest: '{{ debops_api__input_data_dir + "/docs" }}'

debops_api__input_data_role_path

Role directory used as input for the DebOps API script.

debops_api__input_data_role_path: '{{ debops_api__input_data_repo_dest + "/docs/ansible/roles/" }}'

DebOps API configuration

debops_api__app_parameters

List of additional parameters passed to the DebOps API script.

Useful when the API should be setup for another project then DebOps. In this case, you can put something like this:

debops_api__app_parameters:
  - [ '--docs-url-pattern', 'https://docs.example.org/en/latest/ansible/roles/ansible-{role_name}/docs/index.html', 'linebreak' ]
  - [ '--changelog-url-pattern', 'https://docs.example.org/en/latest/ansible/roles/ansible-{role_name}/docs/changelog.html', 'linebreak' ]
  - [ '--role-owner', 'example', 'linebreak' ]

in your inventory.

debops_api__app_parameters:
  - [ '--no-strict', 'linebreak' ]

debops_api__domain

Public domain of the DebOps API.

debops_api__domain: 'api.{{ ansible_domain }}'

DebOps API update

debops_api__app_update

Before invoking the DebOps API script, pull the latest version of the DebOps API script via git.

debops_api__app_update: False

debops_api__cron_script

File path of the script setup by this role intended to be run by cron.

debops_api__cron_script: '{{ debops_api__home + "/bin/debops-api-update" }}'

debops_api__cron_entries

Before invoking the DebOps API script, pull the latest version of the DebOps API script via git.

debops_api__cron_entries:
  - name: 'debops-api-update'
    cron_file: 'debops-api-update'
    minute: '23'

Role-dependent configuration

debops_api__nginx__servers

nginx server configuration managed by the debops.debops_api role.

debops_api__nginx__servers:

  - by_role: 'debops.debops_api'
    filename: 'debops.debops_api'
    state: '{{ debops_api__deploy_state }}'
    type: 'default'
    name: '{{ debops_api__domain }}'
    root: '{{ debops_api__public_api_dir }}'
    webroot_create: False

    location_list:
      - pattern: '= /robots.txt'
        options: |
          log_not_found off;

      - pattern: '/'
        options: |
          ## Allow directory listings for easy "browsing" of the API.
          autoindex on;

          default_type text/plain;

          ## Allow browsers to use API responses regardless which website makes
          ## use of the API.
          ## Without this, browsers will not allow websites to use data
          ## returned by this API for their own use.
          ## Refer to: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Access_control_CORS
          add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' '*';