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Using Ansible to set up a workstation
======
![](https://fedoramagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/ansible-workstation-816x345.png)
Ansible is an extremely popular [open-source configuration management and software automation project][1]. While IT professionals almost certainly use Ansible on a daily basis, its influence outside the IT industry is not as wide. Ansible is a powerful and flexible tool. It is easily applied to a task common to nearly every desktop computer user: the post-installation “checklist”.
Most users like to apply one “tweak” after a new installation. Ansibles idempotent, declarative syntax lends itself perfectly to describing how a system should be configured.
### Ansible in a nutshell
The _ansible_ program itself performs a **single task** against a set of hosts. This is roughly conceptualized as:
```
for HOST in $HOSTS; do
ssh $HOST /usr/bin/echo "Hello World"
done
```
To perform more than one task, Ansible defines the concept of a “playbook”. A playbook is a YAML file describing the _state_ of the targeted machine. When run, Ansible inspects each host and performs only the tasks necessary to enforce the state defined in the playbook.
```
- hosts: all
tasks:
- name: Echo "Hello World"
command: echo "Hello World"
```
Run the playbook using the _ansible-playbook_ command:
```
$ ansible-playbook ~/playbook.yml
```
### Configuring a workstation
Start by installing ansible:
```
dnf install ansible
```
Next, create a file to store the playbook:
```
touch ~/post_install.yml
```
Start by defining the host on which to run this playbook. In this case, “localhost”:
```
- hosts: localhost
```
Each task consists of a _name_ field and a module field. Ansible has **a lot** of [modules][2]. Be sure to browse the module index to become familiar with all Ansible has to offer.
#### The package module
Most users install additional packages after a fresh install, and many like to remove some shipped software they dont use. The _[package][3]_ module provides a generic wrapper around the system package manager (in Fedoras case, _dnf_ ).
```
- hosts: localhost
tasks:
- name: Install Builder
become: yes
package:
name: gnome-builder
state: present
- name: Remove Rhythmbox
become: yes
package:
name: rhythmbox
state: absent
- name: Install GNOME Music
become: yes
package:
name: gnome-music
state: present
- name: Remove Shotwell
become: yes
package:
name: shotwell
state: absent
```
This playbook results in the following outcomes:
* GNOME Builder and GNOME Music are installed
* Rhythmbox is removed
* On Fedora 28 or greater, nothing happens with Shotwell (it is not in the default list of packages)
* On Fedora 27 or older, Shotwell is removed
This playbook also introduces the **become: yes** directive. This specifies the task must be run by a privileged user (in most cases, _root_ ).
#### The DConf Module
Ansible can do a lot more than install software. For example, GNOME includes a great color-shifting feature called Night Light. It ships disabled by default, however the Ansible _[dconf][4]_ module can very easily enable it.
```
- hosts: localhost
tasks:
- name: Enable Night Light
dconf:
key: /org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/color/night-light-enabled
value: true
- name: Set Night Light Temperature
dconf:
key: /org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/color/night-light-temperature
value: uint32 5500
```
Ansible can also create files at specified locations with the _[copy][5]_ module. In this example, a local file is copied to the destination path.
```
- hosts: localhost
tasks:
- name: Enable "AUTH_ADMIN_KEEP" for pkexec
become: yes
copy:
src: files/51-pkexec-auth-admin-keep.rules
dest: /etc/polkit-1/rules.d/51-pkexec-auth-admin-keep.rules
```
#### The Command Module
Ansible can still run commands even if no specialized module exists (via the aptly named _[command][6]_ module). This playbook enables the [Flathub][7] repository and installs a few Flatpaks. The commands are crafted in such a way that they are effectively idempotent. This is an important behavior to consider; a playbook should succeed each time it is run on a machine.
```
- hosts: localhost
tasks:
- name: Enable Flathub repository
become: yes
command: flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
- name: Install Fractal
become: yes
command: flatpak install --assumeyes flathub org.gnome.Fractal
- name: Install Spotify
become: yes
command: flatpak install --assumeyes flathub com.spotify.Client
```
Combine all these tasks together into a single playbook and, in one command, ** Ansible will customize a freshly installed workstation. Not only that, but 6 months later, after making changes to the playbook, run it again to bring a “seasoned” install back to a known state.
```
$ ansible-playbook -K ~/post_install.yml
```
This article only touched the surface of whats possible with Ansible. A follow-up article will go into more advanced Ansible concepts such as _roles,_ configuring multiple hosts with a divided set of responsibilities.
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[1]:https://ansible.com
[2]:https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/list_of_all_modules.html
[3]:https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/package_module.html#package-module
[4]:https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/dconf_module.html#dconf-module
[5]:https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/copy_module.html#copy-module
[6]:https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/command_module.html#command-module
[7]:https://flathub.org