ansible-workstation-bootstrap

Ansible playbooks for bootstrapping a Linux workstation

Pre-requisites

1. Minimal install of chosen Linux distribution (warning: currently only tested with Artix)
2. Ansible and Git installed on the system

Usage

Clone the repo to an appropriate location in your home directory and run locally:

ansible-playbook main.yaml -K --extra-vars ...

or use ansible-pull to fetch and run it:

ansible-pull -U https://github.com/cjrowe/ansible-workstation-bootstrap -K --extra-vars gpu=... main.yaml

Roles

Name	Purpose
common	Install common components, programmes and files
gpu	Install GPU-specific drivers and utilities
shell	Install and configure shell, including dotfiles etc.
window-manager	Install and configure WM for system

Variables

Name	Role	Description	Valid/Expected Values
user_name		Local Unix user name to configure
gpu	gpu	Type of GPU present in workstation	nvidia, amd, intel
dotfiles_repo	shell	URL of Git repository containing (chezmoi managed) dotfiles	HTTPS link to Git repository
dwm_custom_repo	window-manager	URL of Git repository containing custom spin of dwm	HTTPS link to Git repository
dmenu_custom_repo	window-manager	URL of Git repository containing custom spin of dmenu	HTTPS link to Git repository
st_custom_repo	window-manager	URL of Git repository containing custom spin of st	HTTPS link to Git repository
dwmblocks_custom_repo	window-manager	URL of Git repository containing custom spin of dwmblock	HTTPS link to Git repository