Ansible Generator

Description

Ansible Generator is a python program designed to simplify creating a new ansible playbook by creating the necessary directory structure for the user based on ansible's best practices, as outlined in content organization best practices.

Installation

PIP (recommended)

pip install -U ansible-generator

Source

git clone https://github.com/kkirsche/ansible-generator.git
cd ansible-generator
curl -sSL https://install.python-poetry.org | python3 -
poetry build

Usage

Help Text

usage: ansible-generate [-h] [-a] [-i INVENTORIES [INVENTORIES ...]]
                        [-r ROLES [ROLES ...]] [-v]
                        [-p PROJECTS [PROJECTS ...]] [--version]

Generate an ansible playbook directory structure

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -a, --alternate-layout
  -i INVENTORIES [INVENTORIES ...], --inventories INVENTORIES [INVENTORIES ...]
  -r ROLES [ROLES ...], --roles ROLES [ROLES ...]
  -v, --verbose
  -p PROJECTS [PROJECTS ...], --projects PROJECTS [PROJECTS ...]
  --version             show program's version number and exit

Defaults

• alternate-layout --- False
• verbose --- False
• inventories --- ['production', 'staging']
• roles --- []
• projects --- []

Example

Current directory

ansible-generate

New-project

ansible-generate -p playbook_name

Alternate Layout

ansible-generate -a

Custom Inventories

ansible-generate -i production staging lab

Roles

This portion of the tool relies on Ansible's ansible-galaxy command line application

ansible-generate -r role1 role2

Output

~/Downloads ❯❯❯ ansible-generate -i production staging lab -r common ubuntu centos -a -p network_security_baseline
creating directory /Users/example_user/Downloads/network_security_baseline/roles
creating directory /Users/example_user/Downloads/network_security_baseline/inventories/production/group_vars
creating directory /Users/example_user/Downloads/network_security_baseline/inventories/production/host_vars
creating directory /Users/example_user/Downloads/network_security_baseline/inventories/staging/group_vars
creating directory /Users/example_user/Downloads/network_security_baseline/inventories/staging/host_vars
creating directory /Users/example_user/Downloads/network_security_baseline/inventories/lab/group_vars
creating directory /Users/example_user/Downloads/network_security_baseline/inventories/lab/host_vars
creating file /Users/example_user/Downloads/network_security_baseline/inventories/production/hosts
creating file /Users/example_user/Downloads/network_security_baseline/inventories/staging/hosts
creating file /Users/example_user/Downloads/network_security_baseline/inventories/lab/hosts
creating file /Users/example_user/Downloads/network_security_baseline/site.yml
ansible galaxy output for role common:
- common was created successfully
ansible galaxy output for role ubuntu:
- ubuntu was created successfully
ansible galaxy output for role centos:
- centos was created successfully