ansible apply role tool: ansible-art is a simple tool to apply role of ansible.
To apply role of ansible, we need to write playbook for each role in conventional. By using ansible-art, we can apply role to machines directly, without writing playbook by ourself. ansible-art will create playbook instead of us.
First, install ansible-art with pip command.
pip install ansible-art
Second, edit config file to set the dir of roles installed in advance.
ansible-art config
The place which we need to change;
roles_path = <DIR>
Please specify the dir of roles as <DIR>.
*** usage ***
ansible-art [-h] [-V]
ansible-art role list
ansible-art role params <role>
ansible-art config
ansible-art apply <role> <inventory> [-p <dir>] [-g <dir>] [-a <args>]
ansible-art [-h] [-V]
Using option [-h], show help message and exit. Using option [-V], show version and exit.
ansbile-art role list
Show roles in the dir specified in config file.
ansible-art role params <role>
Show parameters defined in defaults/main.yml of specified role.
ansible-art config
Edit config file.
ansible-art apply <role> <inventory> [-p <dir>] [-g <dir>] [-a <args>]
Apply role to machines. In <role>, specify role wanted to apply. In <inventory>, specify inventory file path to use. In <dir>, specify the directory including host_vars files or group_vars files. If <dir> is not specified, host_vars dir or group_vars dir searched as host_vars dir or group_vars dir. If host_vars dir or group_vars dir is not exist, no host_vars files or group_vars files are used. In <args>, we can specify some arguments of the command "ansible-playbook". Since ansible-art apply role to "all" group by default, if necessary, specify target group, ip or hostname by using -l option of the command "ansible-playbook".