Role Name

Installs Jekyll https://jekyllrb.com/

Transform your plain text into static websites and blogs.

Requirements

Install Jekyll role

sudo ansible-galaxy install -r requirements.yml -f

Vagrant

Spin up Environment under Vagrant to test.

vagrant up

Docker

Spin up Docker container for testing (With NGINX)

docker run -d -p 80:80 -p 4000:4000 mrlesmithjr/jekyll

Test-Site

In order to just test out Jekyll you can do the following either in Docker container or Vagrant Box.

Get the container:

docker exec -it <container name> bash

cd ~
jekyll new test-site
cd test-site
jekyll build
sudo cp -R _site/* /var/www/html

Using your browser:

Vagrant

http://localhost:8080

Docker

http://localhost:80

Role Variables

---
# defaults file for ansible-jekyll
jekyll_importers:  #define specific gems required to be installed for the specific importer type
  - name: wordpress
    gems:
      - unidecode
      - sequel
      - mysql2
      - htmlentities

Dependencies

ansible-nginx (Installed as part of requirements.yml)

Example Playbook

Galaxy

- hosts: servers
  roles:
     - role: mrlesmithjr.jekyll

GitHub

- hosts: servers
  roles:
    - role: ansible-jekyll

License

BSD

Author Information

Larry Smith Jr.

• @mrlesmithjr
• http://everythingshouldbevirtual.com
• mrlesmithjr [at] gmail.com