Getting started

Example inventory

To manage the display manager on a given host it should be included in the debops_service_dm Ansible inventory group:

[debops_service_dm]
hostname

Example playbook

Here's an example playbook that uses the ypid.dm role:

---

- name: Configure a display manager
  hosts: [ 'ypid_service_dm' ]
  become: True

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

  roles:

    - role: ypid.dm
      tags: [ 'role::dm' ]

This playbooks is shipped with this role under ./docs/playbooks/dm.yml from which you can symlink it to your playbook directory. In case you use multiple roles maintained by ypid, consider using ypid-ansible-common.

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::dm

Main role tag, should be used in the playbook to execute all of the role tasks as well as role dependencies.

role::dm:pkg

Tasks related to system package management like installing or removing packages.