README.md

ansible-pip-installer

Anything needed to install Ansible into a virtualenv in three files.

HowTo

1. Execute the install.sh with bash or make it executable and run it afterwards
2. ????????
3. Profit!

After the installation you have to activate the virtualenv with the command source venv/bin/activate to use ansible magic in your CLI.

When you're done you can just close your terminal or deactivate the virtualenv.

What are all these files for?!

Minimum needed files:

• install.sh: Installs python3-virtualenv via apt, creates a virtualenv, installs ansible, ansible-lint and yamllint into it and installs all collections and roles written into the requirements.yml
• requirements.txt: Contents all Python modules needed for Ansible and linting with the lint.sh script
  • You can expand it with other Python modules if you want to! Or remove those ugly linters, yuck.
• requirements.yml: Is needed by ansible-galaxy; It contents the collections and roles you need for your playbook(s) (you should ask Google again here if you don't know about ansible-galaxy)
  • This is an empty template. Fill it with life! But you don't have to.

Nice to have for linting:

• .yamllint.yml: Configuration file for yamllint (try it without the config after installation, then you know why it's needed)
• lint.sh: Tests all your yaml files inside this directory for bad syntax or other errors with yamllint and ansible-lint

Nice to have for ansible binaries:

• ansible.cfg: Configuration file for all ansible executables (google it for more information)