Ansible playbook to configure and manage my Mac(s). A much overdue attempt to bring consistency between macbooks used for work, home, etc and to self document changes I want to keep -- and can never remember why/what I changed when I find something new.
This is heavily based on and inspired by the fantastic work by Jeff Geerling and his mac-dev-playbook.
There is a cyclic dependency here: we use Ansible to automate most of the config and setup, but that requires Python v3+, which we want to install using Homebrew. Therefore, we need a few manual tasks first before we kick on automation wheel. To semi-automate these steps, and maintain a more up to date list, see -- and use -- bootstrap.sh.
The bootstrap.sh file will also run ansible for you!
- Run
ansible-galaxy install -r requirements.yml; - Run
ansible-playbook -K main.ymlinside this directory. Enter your account password when prompted.
Note: If some Homebrew commands fail, you might need to agree to Xcode's license or fix some other Homebrew issue. Run
brew doctorto see if this is the case.
You can filter which part of the provisioning process to run by specifying the set of tags using ansible-playbook's --tags flag. The tags available:
tools- Taks relating to installing toolingconfig- Taks relating to custom configuration of the OSui- Tasks affecting the OS UI
Example:
$ ansible-playbook main.yml -i inventory -K --tags "config"To see what variables exist for cusotmising the install, check the defaults/*.yml files or the docs for the installed ansible roles.
Running this playbook without any changes will bring in my dev setup on your mac; this is almost certainly not what you're after. Instead, override the defaults by supplying any file named config*.yml. For example, you can customize the installed packages and apps with something like:
# Use `homebrew_installed_packages` to override all installed formulae with your own choice
# Use `homebrew_installed_addn_packages` to add additional formulae whilst retaining my default ones
#
# Same variables apply for Casks. See `defaults/homebrew.yml`
homebrew_installed_packages:
- cowsay
- git
- goMy dotfiles are also installed, in addition to an .osx script for configuring OSX to my preference.
Finally, there are a few other preferences and settings added on for various apps and services.
Changes are tested in a fresh install of OSX in a VM (using VirtualBox) before being run on a new Mac. This is based Jeff's approach, although I have curated my own instructions for this process here.
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