Role Name

Set values for the various files in /etc/default/ in debian based systems.

Requirements

Any pre-requisites that may not be covered by Ansible itself or the role should be mentioned here. For instance, if the role uses the EC2 module, it may be a good idea to mention in this section that the boto package is required.

Role Variables

Look at the defaults for the variables. For the variables, the top level name is etcdefaults. The default_etcdefaults defined in defaults/main.yml are combined into a combined_etcdefaults variable. It would be preferable to be able to redefine etcdefaults, but the jinja combine filter seems to be unable to do this.

The etcdefaults_files variable contains the list of files that are handled by this role. If the file doesn't exist on the target machine, it will NOT be created.

Dependencies

No dependencies. This is a basic debian role, possibly useful for other debian based distributions.

Example Playbook

TODO: make a better example

Including an example of how to use your role (for instance, with variables passed in as parameters) is always nice for users too:

- hosts: servers
  roles:
     - { role: username.rolename, x: 42 }

License

public domain

Author Information

Author