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    • DustinB3403D
      DustinB3403 @IRJ
      last edited by

      @IRJ said in Using Ansible to Manage install and update Apple OSX DHCP clients:

      @DustinB3403 how are you liking ansible so far?

      I'm still just getting into it. I'm not sure how playbooks work or how to confirm that the formatting is correct.

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      • IRJI
        IRJ @DustinB3403
        last edited by

        @DustinB3403 said in Using Ansible to Manage install and update Apple OSX DHCP clients:

        @IRJ said in Using Ansible to Manage install and update Apple OSX DHCP clients:

        @DustinB3403 how are you liking ansible so far?

        I'm still just getting into it. I'm not sure how playbooks work or how to confirm that the formatting is correct.

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        • DustinB3403D
          DustinB3403
          last edited by

          So this is where I'm at currently with a playbook I wrote out by hand (not at all sure if it's correct).

          ansible-playbook apple.yml --check
          ERROR! the role 'geerlineguy.homebrew' was not found in /etc/ansible/roles:/root/.ansible/roles:/usr/share/ansible/roles:/etc/ansible/roles:/etc/ansible
          
          The error appears to be in '/etc/ansible/apple.yml': line 11, column 7, but may
          be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.
          
          The offending line appears to be:
          
            roles:
          	- geerlineguy.homebrew
          	  ^ here
          

          Apple yaml file

          ---
          
          - name: Installing 1Password
            connection: network_cli
            gather_facts: false
            hosts: apple_workstations
            vars:
          	homebrew_installed_packages:
          	  - 1password
            roles:
          	- geerlineguy.homebrew
          ~
          

          So I guess I need to add something into the roles folder under /etc/anisble/roles

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          • IRJI
            IRJ @DustinB3403
            last edited by

            @DustinB3403 said in Using Ansible to Manage install and update Apple OSX DHCP clients:

            ERROR! the role 'geerlineguy.homebrew' was not found in /etc/ansible/roles:/root/.ansible/roles:/usr/share/ansible/roles:/etc/ansible/roles:/etc/ansible

            You need to install the role

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            • IRJI
              IRJ
              last edited by

              sudo ansible-galaxy install

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              • DustinB3403D
                DustinB3403 @IRJ
                last edited by

                @IRJ said in Using Ansible to Manage install and update Apple OSX DHCP clients:

                sudo ansible-galaxy install

                sudo ansible-galaxy install geerlingguy.homebrew
                 [WARNING]: - geerlingguy.homebrew (2.9.0) is already installed - use --force to change version to unspecified
                
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                • DustinB3403D
                  DustinB3403
                  last edited by

                  This is the galaxy page https://galaxy.ansible.com/geerlingguy/homebrew

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                  • IRJI
                    IRJ
                    last edited by

                    Are you running this from /etc/ansible/ ?

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                    • DustinB3403D
                      DustinB3403 @IRJ
                      last edited by

                      @IRJ yes.

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                      • IRJI
                        IRJ
                        last edited by

                        Ok let's try this. Is your playbook only one file?

                        #***********************************************************
                        # Create or append ansible requirements file
                        #***********************************************************
                        
                        
                        sudo sh -c "echo '- src: /etc/ansible/apple.yml' >> /etc/ansible/requirements.yml"
                        
                        #***********************************************************
                        # Install the role
                        #***********************************************************
                        
                        cd /etc/ansible/
                        sudo ansible-galaxy install -p roles -r /etc/ansible/requirements.yml
                        
                        #***********************************************************
                        # Run ansible playbook file
                        #***********************************************************
                        
                        sudo ansible-playbook /etc/ansible/apple.yml
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                        • DustinB3403D
                          DustinB3403
                          last edited by

                          By default it installs to /root/.ansible/roles/geerlingguy.homebrew/ rather than into /etc/ansible/roles

                          So I copied the file to /etc/ansible/roles

                          When running the playbook I get

                          ERROR! the playbook: apple.yml could not be found
                          
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                          • DustinB3403D
                            DustinB3403
                            last edited by

                            This is the sample playbook I'm testing with.

                            ---
                            
                            - name: Installing 1Password
                            connection: network_cli
                            gather_facts: false
                            hosts: apple_workstations
                            vars:
                                homebrew_installed_packages:
                                - 1password
                            roles:
                                - geerlineguy.homebrew
                            

                            This yaml file is located at /etc/ansible/apple.yml

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                            • IRJI
                              IRJ @DustinB3403
                              last edited by

                              @DustinB3403 said in Using Ansible to Manage install and update Apple OSX DHCP clients:

                              This is the sample playbook I'm testing with.

                              ---
                              
                              - name: Installing 1Password
                              connection: network_cli
                              gather_facts: false
                              hosts: apple_workstations
                              vars:
                                  homebrew_installed_packages:
                                  - 1password
                              roles:
                                  - geerlineguy.homebrew
                              

                              This yaml file is located at /etc/ansible/apple.yml

                              Try the commands I posted above

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                              • DustinB3403D
                                DustinB3403 @IRJ
                                last edited by

                                sudo sh -c "echo '- src: /etc/ansible/apple.yml' >>                                                                                                                                                              /etc/ansible/requirements.yml"
                                [root@rocansible01 ansible]# pwd
                                /etc/ansible
                                [root@rocansible01 ansible]# sudo ansible-galaxy install -p roles -r /etc/ansibl                                                                                                                                                             e/requirements.yml
                                [WARNING]: - /etc/ansible/apple.yml was NOT installed successfully: the file
                                downloaded was not a tar.gz
                                
                                ERROR! - you can use --ignore-errors to skip failed roles and finish processing                                                                                                                                                              the list.
                                [root@rocansible01 ansible]# sudo ansible-playbook /etc/ansible/apple.yml
                                ERROR! the role 'geerlineguy.homebrew' was not found in /etc/ansible/roles:/root/.ansible/roles:/usr/share/ansible/roles:/etc/                                                                                                               ansible/roles:/etc/ansible
                                
                                The error appears to be in '/etc/ansible/apple.yml': line 11, column 7, but may
                                be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.
                                
                                The offending line appears to be:
                                
                                roles:
                                    - geerlineguy.homebrew
                                    ^ here
                                
                                [root@rocansible01 ansible]#
                                
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                                • DustinB3403D
                                  DustinB3403
                                  last edited by DustinB3403

                                  So even without the role (working or my lack of understanding on how to use it), Ansible is starting to look pretty damn nice. No dealing with VNC tools or ARD, sending ad-hoc commands is pretty damn simple too and would solve a large portion of the issues I forsee.

                                  Monthly updates for example.

                                  It would be nice to be able to run the tertiary software updates as well with brew, and I'm still figuring that part out, but this might be a long term solution.

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                                  • IRJI
                                    IRJ
                                    last edited by

                                    Skip the roles for now just delete that from you apple.yml

                                    Try just this

                                    ---
                                    
                                    - name: Installing 1Password
                                    connection: network_cli
                                    gather_facts: false
                                    hosts: apple_workstations
                                    vars:
                                        homebrew_installed_packages:
                                        - 1password
                                    
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                                    • DustinB3403D
                                      DustinB3403
                                      last edited by DustinB3403

                                       [WARNING]: Unable to parse /etc/ansible/x.x.x.143 as an inventory source
                                      
                                       [WARNING]: No inventory was parsed, only implicit localhost is available
                                      
                                       [WARNING]: provided hosts list is empty, only localhost is available. Note that the implicit localhost does not match 'all'
                                      
                                       ERROR! Syntax Error while loading YAML.
                                       mapping values are not allowed in this context
                                      
                                       The error appears to be in '/etc/ansible/apple.yml': line 4, column 15, but may
                                       be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.
                                      
                                       The offending line appears to be:
                                      
                                       -name: Installing 1Password
                                      	 connection: network_cli
                                          	             ^ here
                                      

                                      Have a syntax error, but my yaml file certainly appears correct.

                                      --- 
                                      
                                      -name: Installing 1Password
                                          connection: network_cli
                                          gather_facts: false
                                          hosts: x.x.x.143
                                          vars:
                                          homebrew_installed_packages:
                                          - 1password
                                      
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                                      • black3dynamiteB
                                        black3dynamite @DustinB3403
                                        last edited by

                                        @DustinB3403 said in Using Ansible to Manage install and update Apple OSX DHCP clients:

                                        [WARNING]: Unable to parse /etc/ansible/x.x.x.143 as an inventory source

                                        [WARNING]: No inventory was parsed, only implicit localhost is available

                                        [WARNING]: provided hosts list is empty, only localhost is available. Note that the implicit localhost does not match 'all'

                                        ERROR! Syntax Error while loading YAML.
                                        mapping values are not allowed in this context

                                        The error appears to be in '/etc/ansible/apple.yml': line 4, column 15, but may
                                        be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.

                                        The offending line appears to be:

                                        -name: Installing 1Password
                                        connection: network_cli
                                        ^ here

                                        Have a syntax error, but my yaml file certainly appears correct.

                                        --- 
                                        
                                        -name: Installing 1Password
                                            connection: network_cli
                                            gather_facts: false
                                            hosts: x.x.x.143
                                            vars:
                                            homebrew_installed_packages:
                                            - 1password
                                        

                                        -name -> - name

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                                        • DustinB3403D
                                          DustinB3403 @black3dynamite
                                          last edited by

                                          @black3dynamite didn't fix it.

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                                          • DustinB3403D
                                            DustinB3403
                                            last edited by

                                            So I know this will likely light a flame for someone, but when in the hell is yaml so annoying?

                                            @IRJ how do I check my yaml configuration using the software you recommended, both VSCode and the extension are installed - just not sure how the heck to use yet.

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