Ansible Role - Java

Installs Java, using OpenJDK on CentOS/RHEL or Debian/Ubuntu - super bare-bones; only-what-I-need.

TODO

update alternatives, to handle version changes

Requirements

none

Role Variables

Available variables (with current defaults)...

Uses colloquial versions (e.g. 8) translated (e.g. java-1.8.0), as appropriate. Valid values: 8, 7, and (probably) 6

java_version: 8

By default, installs just the Java Runtime Environment (JRE). If you need the Java Development Kit (JDK) for developing with Java or to utilize a component that requires it, override by setting jdk to true

jdk: false

Dependencies

none

Example Playbook

Minimal:

- hosts: servers
  roles:
     - { role: dheles.java }

With options (in this case, same as the current defaults):

- hosts: servers
  roles:
     - { role: dheles.java, java_version: 8, jdk: false}

License

CC0

Author Information

Drew Heles, late 2016

Acknowledgement

My process of learning how to do this Ansible stuff was greatly accelerated by reading Jeff Geerling's excellent book, Ansible for DevOps.