Add some comments to ansible-pull and the example playbook

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Michael DeHaan
2012-05-01 23:22:23 -04:00
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# ansibple-pull setup
#
# on remote hosts, set up ansible to run periodically using the latest code
# from a particular checkout, in pull based fashion, inverting Ansible's
# usual push-based operating mode.
#
# This particular pull based mode is ideal for:
#
# (A) massive scale out
# (B) continual system remediation
#
# DO NOT RUN THIS AGAINST YOUR HOSTS WITHOUT CHANGING THE repo_url
# FIXME: change the host group for safety
---
- hosts: all
user: root
vars:
# schdule is fed directly to cron
schedule: '*/15 * * * *'
# User to run ansible-pull as from cron
cron_user: root
# Directory to where repository will be cloned
workdir: /var/lib/ansible/local
# Repository to check out
repo_url: git://github.com/sfromm/ansible-playbooks.git
# Repository to check out -- YOU WANT TO CHANGE THIS
#repo_url: git://github.com/sfromm/ansible-playbooks.git
repo_url: git://github.com/mdehaan/ansible-examples.git
tasks:
- name: Install ansible
action: yum pkg=ansible state=installed
- name: Create local directory to work from
action: file path=$workdir state=directory owner=root group=root mode=0751
- name: Copy ansible inventory file to client
action: copy src=/etc/ansible/hosts dest=/etc/ansible/hosts
owner=root group=root mode=0644
- name: Create crontab entry to clone/pull git repository
action: template src=templates/ansible-pull.j2 dest=/etc/cron.d/ansible-pull owner=root group=root mode=0644