robertdebock / ansible-role-epel

Install epel on your system.

Ansible role epel

Install epel on your system.

GitHub	GitLab	Downloads	Version

Example Playbook

This example is taken from molecule/default/converge.yml and is tested on each push, pull request and release.

---
- name: Converge
  hosts: all
  become: true
  gather_facts: true

  roles:
    - role: robertdebock.epel

The machine needs to be prepared. In CI this is done using molecule/default/prepare.yml:

---
- name: Prepare
  hosts: all
  become: true
  gather_facts: false

  roles:
    - role: robertdebock.bootstrap

Also see a full explanation and example on how to use these roles.

Requirements

• pip packages listed in requirements.txt.

State of used roles

The following roles are used to prepare a system. You can prepare your system in another way.

Requirement	GitHub	GitLab
robertdebock.bootstrap

Context

This role is a part of many compatible roles. Have a look at the documentation of these roles for further information.

Here is an overview of related roles:

Compatibility

This role has been tested on these container images:

container	tags
EL	9

The minimum version of Ansible required is 2.12, tests have been done to:

• The previous version.
• The current version.
• The development version.

If you find issues, please register them in GitHub.

License

Apache-2.0.

Author Information

robertdebock

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ansible-role-epel's Issues

Where to get this ansible_distribution?

Describe the bug
Hi, I hit this ansible_distribution is undefined error.

Playbook

---
- hosts: all
  become: yes
  become_user: root
  become_method: sudo
  gather_facts: no
  roles:
     - robertdebock.epel

Output
FAILED! => {"msg": "The conditional check 'ansible_distribution in [ "CentOS", "RedHat", "Amazon" ]' failed. The error was: error while evaluating conditional (ansible_distribution in [ "CentOS", "RedHat", "Amazon" ]): 'ansible_distribution' is undefined\n\nThe error appears to be in '/Users/xxx/.ansible/roles/robertdebock.epel/tasks/main.yml': line 3, column 3, but may\nbe elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.\n\nThe offending line appears to be:\n\n# tasks file for epel\n- name: install epel-release\n ^ here\n"}

Expected behavior
To run smoothly

Environment

• Control Node: Mac OS
• ansible 2.9.3
• Manage Node: CentOS 8