ansible-role-dev-machine

This Ansible role configures my Pop_OS! 18.04 development machine, including applications, OS configuration, and dotfiles.

The role includes:

• SSH

  • Generate new SSH keypair for user@machine and register with Github and Gitlab

• Shell config & desktop environment stuff

  • Zsh with configuration, plugins and colour settings
  • Gnome extensions
  • XDG spec folders
  • pip
  • dconf-editor
  • Fonts
  • Dotfiles and shell scripts

• General apps

  • Google Chrome
  • Spotify
  • Flameshot
  • Gufw

• Communication

  • Mattermost

• Dev tools

  • Node Version Manager and desired node versions
  • SDKMAN!
  • Neovim with configuration and plugins
  • Tmux with configuration
  • Tmuxinator
  • jq
  • Visual Studio Code
  • Gitkraken
  • Postman
  • Jetbrains Toolbox
  • Docker CE
  • OpenShift CLI
  • VirtualBox
  • Vagrant

Role Variables

XDG: The role assumes the usage of the default XDG Base Directory Specification locations for user config, data and cache folders:

Variable	Default Value
xdg.XDG_CACHE_HOME	$HOME/.cache
xdg.XDG_CONFIG_HOME	$HOME/.config
xdg.XDG_DATA_HOME	$HOME/.local/share

ZSH:

Variable	Default Value
zsh.zshenv	/etc/zsh/zshenv
zsh.fpath	/usr/local/share/zsh/site-functions

SDKMAN!

Variable	Default Value
sdkman.download_url	https://get.sdkman.io

Node:

Variable	Default Value
nvm.download_url	https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm
nvm.version	0.35.1
node.versions	[10, 8]

Tmuxinator

Variable	Default Value
tmuxinator.zsh_completion_url	https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tmuxinator/tmuxinator/master/completion/tmuxinator.zsh

SSH keys will be generated and uploaded to Github and Gitlab:

Variable	Default Value
ssh.passphrase	empty
ssh.github_username	empty
ssh.github_token	empty
ssh.gitlab_host	empty
ssh.gitlab_token	empty

GitKraken

Variable	Default Value
gitkraken.download_url	https://release.axocdn.com/linux/gitkraken-amd64.deb

Ansible Toolbox

Variable	Default Value
ansible_toolbox.download_url	git+https://github.com/larsks/ansible-toolbox

Docker:

Variable	Default Value
docker.credentials_archive_url	https://github.com/docker/docker-credential-helpers/releases/download
docker.credentials_version	0.6.3

OpenShift:

Variable	Default Value
openshift.oc_archive_name	openshift-origin-client-tools-v3.11.0-0cbc58b-linux-64bit
openshift.oc_archive_url	https://github.com/openshift/origin/releases/download
openshift.oc_version	3.11.0

Fonts

Variable	Default Value
fonts	[hasklig]

Pre-Install Steps

• Install JMESPath (required for Jetbrains Toolbox role).

  $ sudo apt install python-jmespath
  

Example Playbook

- hosts: localhost
  roles:
    andrew-dias.ansible-role-dev-machine

  # optionally prompt for ssh key passphrase
  - vars_prompt:
    - name: "ssh_key_passphrase"
      prompt: "Enter SSH key passphrase"
      private: yes

Post-Run/Manual Steps

Once completed, you should:

1. Log out to ensure all changes are activated
2. Open a terminal and choose your colour theme by typing base16 followed by a tab to perform tab completion.

Dependencies

• cmprescott.chrome
• jaredhocutt.jetbrains_toolbox
• geerlingguy.docker
• https://github.com/andrew-dias/ansible-role-vagrant
• https://github.com/andrew-dias/ansible-role-virtualbox
• https://github.com/andrew-dias/ansible-gnome-extensions

License

MIT

Author Information

This role was created in 2019 by Andrew Dias.