ansible_collection_users/roles/dotfiles

Ansible Role dotfiles

Ansible role l3d.users.dotfiles create some dotfiles dor your users.

There are two variables to define users. The l3d_users__default_users is ment to put to your group_vars to define a default for your system. The l3d_users__local_users could be put in your host_vars to define host-specific user and admin roles.

Variables:

User Management

• The dictionary-variable for your group_vars to set your general users and admins is l3d_users__default_users.
• The dictionary-variable for your host_vars to set your host-specific users and admins is: l3d_users__local_users. The Option of these directory-variables are the following.

option	values	required	description
name	string	required	The user you want to create
state	present	-	Create or delete user
shell	/bin/bash	-	The Shell of the User
create_home	true	-	create a user home (needed to store ssh keys)
admin	false	-	enable it to give the user superpowers
admin_commands	string or list	-	Commands that are allows to be run as admin, eg. 'ALL' or specific script
admin_nopassword	false	-	Need no Password for sudo
admin_ansible_login	true	-	if admin: true and l3d_users__create_ansible: true your ssh keys will be added to ansible user
pubkeys	string or lookup	-	see examples
exklusive_pubkeys	true	-	delete all undefined ssh keys
password	password hash	-	See official FAQ
bashrc	list	-	adding additional content to l3d.users.dotfiles to .bashrc
groups	list	-	Additional groups for your user
remove	false	-	completly remove user if state: absent

There is a third directory-variable called l3d_users__ssh_login: [] which only support name and state for users, that sould be able to login on that system.

Other Variables

name	default value	description
l3d_users__bashrc	true	Configure bashrc
l3d_users__dotfiles__bash_completion_enabled	true	Enable bash completion
l3d_users__dotfiles__aliases	see defaults/main.yml	A predefined list of usefull aliases for your bash config
dotfiles__additional_user_bashrc_lines	[]	variable for additional bashrc lines
l3d_users__bashrc_path	$HOME/.local/bin:$HOME/bin:$HOME/.cargo/env:$PATH	bashrc $PATH
l3d_users__dotfiles__user_prompt	see defaults/main.yml	PS1 prompt for users
l3d_users__dotfiles__root_prompt	see defaults/main.yml	PS1 prompt for root
l3d_users__dotfiles__history_control	ignoreboth	bashrc history control
l3d_users__dotfiles__history_size	-1	bashrc history size
l3d_users__dotfiles__history_file_size	-1	bashrc history filesize
l3d_users__vimrc	true	Create vim config
l3d_users__vim_colorscheme	elflord	Configure vim colorscheme
l3d_users__tmuxcfg	true	Create Tmux Config
submodules_versioncheck	false	Optionaly enable simple versionscheck of this role

Example Playbook

- name: Create System with User and Passwords
  hosts: example.com
  roles:
    - {role: l3d.users.dotfiles, tags: 'dotfiles'}
  vars:
    l3d_users__local_users:
      - name: 'alice'
        state: 'present'
      - name: 'bob'
        state: 'present'
    l3d_users__ssh_login:
      - name: 'charlie'
        state: 'present'

    l3d_users__limit_login: true
    l3d_users__create_ansible: true
    submodules_versioncheck: true