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My Ansible configuration

First startup - macOS

aka. stuff that you need to do manually

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  1. Install Ansible

Note: There can be some schenanigans with python packages not being in the PATH. In order to fix that look where ansible was installed. On macOS it should be in ~/Library/Python/.../bin. Check if that path is PATH configured in the .bashrc or .zshrc Or just add Python to your PATH: export PATH="$HOME/Library/Python/3.8/bin:/opt/homebrew/bin:$PATH"

  1. Install required Ansible Galaxy roles
ansible-galaxy install -r requirements.yml
  1. Run Ansible
ansible-playbook local.yml --ask-become-pass --ask-vault-pass

Enter your macOS account password when prompted for the "BECOME" password Enter my super secret password when prompted for "Vault" password

Note: To skip tasks that require vault password use --skip-tags vault

Testing configuration

Use Docker for testing if the configuration works fine. The image uses Ubuntu Focal (not macOS!)

Build Docker image

Run Docker container

To test fully you'll need a Virtual machine

Tags

These are the avilable tags to run the playbook partially:

  • homebrew - packages installed using homebrew
  • appstore - apps installed from AppStore
  • dock - dock configuration
  • macos - macOS preferences configuration
  • terminal - setting up zsh
  • extra-packages - extra packages that are installed using other packages manager or built from source
  • dotfiles - dotfiles cloned from separate repository
  • vault - tasks that require vault password
    • ssh - task that installs my ssh key
    • gpg - task that installs my gpg key

Inspired by

Those are the ansible configurations that were an inspiration to mine (aka I've stolen the parts that I liked)