Ansible scripts to setup Ubuntu desktop
This Ansible playbook serves as a toolkit for Ubuntu developers, enabling quick setup of a workstation and deployment of development tools for hardware enablement tasks.
Quickly setup a machine with utilus for Desktop (including Google Chrome, Dropbox)
./deploy-playbook.sh xps-13-7390.local desktop.yaml
Instgall Google Chrome
./run-task.sh u-xps-13-7390.local roles/desktop-focal/tasks/google-chrome.yaml
Instgall Dropbox
./run-task.sh u-xps-13-7390.local roles/desktop-focal/tasks/dropbox.yaml
Setup checkbox for PC sanity tests, which is a test suite to verify if the system are well enabled.
./deploy-playbook.sh xps-13-7390.local enablement.yaml
Enable Debug Symbol Packages on Ubutnu, for analyzing stack traces or debugging.
./run-task.sh u-xps-13-7390.local enablement-focal/tasks/enable-ddebs.yaml
Enable proposed pocket to test the latest availble software for Ubutnu.
./run-task.sh u-xps-13-7390.local enablement-focal/tasks/enable-proposed.yaml
Disable screen lock/dim.
./run-task.sh u-xps-13-7390.local enablement-focal/tasks/disable-screenlock.yaml
Enable Automatic Login
./run-task.sh u-xps-13-7390.local enablement-focal/tasks/enable-auto-login.yaml
Disable background apt update.
./run-task.sh u-xps-13-7390.local enablement-focal/tasks/apt-periodic.yaml
Register HINFO/workstation on mDNS.
./run-task.sh u-xps-13-7390.local enablement-focal/tasks/avahi.yaml
Run a Checkbox test job, and fetch the report back to /tmp
./run-checkbox.sh u-xps-13-7390.local com.canonical.certification::smoke
./run-checkbox.sh u-xps-13-7390.local com.canonical.certification::graphics/gl_support
apt install ansible
avahi-resolve -n -4 -v xps-13-7390.local
ssh-copy-id u@xps-13-7390.local:
Add the hostnaem in the “hosts” file, Eg.
[desktop]
g7-7790.local ansible_ssh_user=chihchun
xps-13-7390.local ansible_ssh_user=u ansible_sudo_pass=u
Deploy the playbook on the target machine
ansible-playbook -v —ask-become-pass —extra-vars=hosts=xps-13-7390.local desktop.yaml
or using a helper script.
./deploy-playbook.sh xps-13-7390.local desktop.yaml
Run a task on the target machine
This command will run the “hello” tasks on the machine.
ansible-playbook -vv —extra-vars=hosts=u-xps-13-7390.local -e task=enablement-focal/tasks/hello.yaml task-runner.yaml
or using a helper script.
./run-task.sh xps-13-7390.local enablement-focal/tasks/hello.yaml
The ansible 2.5.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1 in bionic does not work well with python3, it requires a patch.
--- /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ansible/modules/packaging/os/apt_repository.py 2018-04-19 08:01:49.000000000 +0800
+++ /tmp/apt_repository.py 2020-03-18 00:05:12.980457762 +0800
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@
for n, valid, enabled, source, comment in sources:
if valid:
yield file, n, enabled, source, comment
- raise StopIteration
+ # raise StopIteration
def _expand_path(self, filename):
if '/' in filename: