Generate ansible directory structures
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Description
Ansible Generator is a python program designed to simplify creating a new ansible playbook by creating the necessary directory structure for the user based on ansible’s best practices, as outlined in content organization best practices.
Installation
PIP
pip install -U ansible-generator
Source
Without Make
git clone https://github.com/kkirsche/ansible-generator.git cd ansible-generator pip install -U wheel python setup.py bdist_wheel --universal pip install -U dist/*.whl
With Make
git clone https://github.com/kkirsche/ansible-generator.git cd ansible-generator make wheel pip install -U dist/*.whl
Usage
Help Text
usage: ansible-generate [-h] [-a] [-i INVENTORIES [INVENTORIES ...]]
[-r ROLES [ROLES ...]] [-v]
[-p PROJECTS [PROJECTS ...]]
Generate an ansible playbook directory structure
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-a, --alternate-layout
-i INVENTORIES [INVENTORIES ...], --inventories INVENTORIES [INVENTORIES ...]
-r ROLES [ROLES ...], --roles ROLES [ROLES ...]
-v, --verbose
-p PROJECTS [PROJECTS ...], --projects PROJECTS [PROJECTS ...]
Defaults
alternate-layout — False
verbose — False
inventories — ['production', 'staging']
roles — []
projects — []
Example
Current directory
ansible-generate
New-project
ansible-generate -p playbook_name
Alternate Layout
ansible-generate -a
Custom Inventories
ansible-generate -i production staging lab
Roles
This portion of the tool relies on Ansible’s ansible-galaxy command line application
ansible-generate -r role1 role2
Output
~/Downloads ❯❯❯ ansible-generate -i production staging lab -r common ubuntu centos -a -p network_security_baseline creating directory /Users/example_user/Downloads/network_security_baseline/roles creating directory /Users/example_user/Downloads/network_security_baseline/inventories/production/group_vars creating directory /Users/example_user/Downloads/network_security_baseline/inventories/production/host_vars creating directory /Users/example_user/Downloads/network_security_baseline/inventories/staging/group_vars creating directory /Users/example_user/Downloads/network_security_baseline/inventories/staging/host_vars creating directory /Users/example_user/Downloads/network_security_baseline/inventories/lab/group_vars creating directory /Users/example_user/Downloads/network_security_baseline/inventories/lab/host_vars creating file /Users/example_user/Downloads/network_security_baseline/inventories/production/hosts creating file /Users/example_user/Downloads/network_security_baseline/inventories/staging/hosts creating file /Users/example_user/Downloads/network_security_baseline/inventories/lab/hosts creating file /Users/example_user/Downloads/network_security_baseline/site.yml ansible galaxy output for role common: - common was created successfully ansible galaxy output for role ubuntu: - ubuntu was created successfully ansible galaxy output for role centos: - centos was created successfully
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