Arch bootstrap

Role to bootstrap an Arch linux installation

Requirements

This role assumes that you started the fresh box with the arch-boot iso (https://www.archlinux.org/download/)

You can tune the installation by overwriting the defauls the role variables in your're playbook.

Role Variables

hostname: NOTSET
domain: NOTSET
root_password: NOSET
timezone:
  region: Europe
  city: Amsterdam
languages:
  locales:
    - locale: en_US.UTF-8
      charset: UTF-8
  default:
    locale: en_US.UTF-8
  ui:
    locale: en_US.UTF-8
disk: /dev/sda
part:
  1:
    size: 2
    type: bios_grub
  2:
    size: 300MiB
    fstype: ext4
    dev: "{{ disk }}2"
  3:
    size: 25GiB
    type: lvm
    dev: "{{ disk }}3"
  4:
    size: -1
    type: lvm
    dev: "{{ disk }}4"
lvm:
  vg:
    system:
      name: system
      dev: "{{ disk }}3"
      lv:
        swap:
          name: swap
          size: 8g
          fstype: swap
          dev: /dev/mapper/system-swap
        root:
          name: root
          size: +100%FREE
          fstype: xfs
          dev: /dev/mapper/system-root
    data:
      name: data
      dev: "{{ disk }}4"
      lv:
        home:
          name: home
          size: +100%FREE
          fstype: xfs
          dev: /dev/mapper/data-home
ssh:
  keyfile: ansible
  passphrase: ''

Example Playbook

---
- hosts: all

  vars:
    ansible_python_interpreter: /usr/bin/python2
    hostname: myarchbox
    domain: mydomain.net
    locale:
      region: Europe
      city: Amsterdam

  vars_prompt:
    - name: "root_password"
      prompt: "root password for the new installation"
      private: yes
      confirm: yes
      encrypt: "sha512_crypt"
      salt_size: 7

  pre_tasks:
  - name: run galaxy
    local_action: command ansible-galaxy install -r requirements.yml --roles-path roles --force
    register: fetch_roles

  tasks:
  - include_role:
      name: arch-bootstrap
      static: no
    when:
      - fetch_roles.changed

License

BSD

Author Information

24-12-2016: Johan Bakker