From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sat Oct 5 14:43:16 2019 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6BD33134E4B for ; Sat, 5 Oct 2019 14:43:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu) Received: from kicp.uchicago.edu (kicp.uchicago.edu [128.135.20.70]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46lqH76Lnvz3JcW for ; Sat, 5 Oct 2019 14:43:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu) Received: from [IPv6:2607:fb90:a230:487f:b090:1177:d466:cc27] (unknown [172.58.139.159]) (Authenticated sender: galtsev) by kicp.uchicago.edu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 7024B4E66B; Sat, 5 Oct 2019 09:35:14 -0500 (CDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 12.4 \(3445.104.11\)) Subject: Re: Ansible for FreeBSD - use cases? From: Valeri Galtsev In-Reply-To: <20191005141507.GA1223@admin.sibptus.ru> Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2019 09:35:13 -0500 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <0DDF1331-F96C-42C4-99B4-E3BC5A9CE256@kicp.uchicago.edu> References: <20191005141507.GA1223@admin.sibptus.ru> To: Victor Sudakov X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3445.104.11) X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 46lqH76Lnvz3JcW X-Spamd-Bar: ++++++++ Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=fail reason="No valid SPF, No valid DKIM" header.from=uchicago.edu (policy=none); spf=none (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu has no SPF policy when checking 128.135.20.70) smtp.mailfrom=galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu X-Spamd-Result: default: False [8.67 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; DMARC_POLICY_SOFTFAIL(0.10)[uchicago.edu : No valid SPF, No valid DKIM,none]; RECEIVED_SPAMHAUS_PBL(0.00)[159.139.58.172.khpj7ygk5idzvmvt5x4ziurxhy.zen.dq.spamhaus.net : 127.0.0.10]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; MV_CASE(0.50)[]; RECEIVED_SPAMHAUS_XBL(5.00)[159.139.58.172.khpj7ygk5idzvmvt5x4ziurxhy.zen.dq.spamhaus.net : 127.0.0.4]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; NEURAL_SPAM_MEDIUM(1.00)[1.000,0]; GREYLIST(0.00)[pass,body]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[70.20.135.128.list.dnswl.org : 127.0.10.0]; NEURAL_SPAM_LONG(1.00)[1.000,0]; R_SPF_NA(0.00)[]; RCVD_NO_TLS_LAST(0.10)[]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; SUBJECT_ENDS_QUESTION(1.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:160, ipnet:128.135.0.0/16, country:US]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; IP_SCORE(0.07)[ip: (0.21), ipnet: 128.135.0.0/16(0.10), asn: 160(0.08), country: US(-0.05)]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2] X-Spam: Yes X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2019 14:43:16 -0000 > On Oct 5, 2019, at 9:15 AM, Victor Sudakov wrote: > > Dear Colleagues, > > Is anyone using ansible on FreeBSD for anything useful in production? > > I understand the power of ansible is in its modules. If there is no > module for your task, you are in a fix. > > I've experimented with the pkgng module, it does install packages :-) > Most modules are meant for Linux however. > > What FreeBSD tasks do you automate with ansible, and with what modules? > > I use net/rdist6 to update some configs on remote hosts, so I don't > think I'll benefit much from file copying modules of ansible. > > -- > Victor Sudakov, VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN > 2:5005/49@fidonet http://vas.tomsk.ru/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Valeri Galtsev Sr System Administrator Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics University of Chicago Phone: 773-702-4247 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++