Ansible role for common Ubuntu maintenance and configuration

This role is a standard configuration for Ubuntu systems used at Xronos.

• apt updates and package management
• pip updates
• timezone configuration
• prerequisites for common Ansible modules

Requirements

Provisioning host:

• ansible 2.15 or later

Host that will be configured:

• Ubuntu 22.04 or 24.04

How to use this role

Add this role to your Ansible playbook file.

- name: configure ubuntu
  role: xronos_ubuntu_common_ansible

Variables

• ubuntu_apt_upgrade Upgrade packages? Otherwise install packages only if not present. Defaults to "once" to upgrade once per host. Values are "once", "always", "no".
• ubuntu_disable_unattended_upgrades Disable unattended upgrades? Defaults to true.
• ubuntu_timezone Timezone to set. Defaults to America/Los_Angeles.
• ubuntu_ntp_enable Install and start NTP service. Defaults to true.
• ubuntu_trim_motd Trim MOTD to minimal messages? Defaults to false.

Versions

• ubuntu_snapshot Snapshot to use for ubuntu archives. Follows YYYYMMDDTHHMMSSZ format, for example 20230302T030400Z for 03:04 UTC on 2 March 2023. Defaults to empty (do not configure snapshots).
• ubuntu_python_version Version of Python3 package to install. Defaults to empty (latest).