Ansible request for build-osuosl-aix71-ppc64-* - OS, OSS and Ansible updates

[aixtools]

Please put the name of the software product (and affected platforms if relevant) in the title of this issue

• Missing install
• Bug in ansible playbook
• Request for new playbook addition
• OS updates
• OSS updates
• Ansible playbook refresh

Details:
These systems were installed in 2017 - and no systems maintenance has been performed since.

Neither are they identical (which I would have expected from the node labels). While I believe there are, or were, differences regarding system access - I always thought the configs, though old, were identical. My second reason for thinking this comes from the (intended) use of Ansible for system configuration.

How different? #1881 was resolved by installing ant and ant-config. Makes me wonder how the -2 system was used. Obviously people have been satisfied - or differences such as this would have been resolved long ago. So,

• are there reasons that the systems were different (and yesterdays changes should be undone)?
• or, should an effort be made to find other differences

My other key questions re: the level of OS and OSS packages used.

• is there a project reason that AIX service packs are not installed (4 have been released since the systems were installed). NOTE: I am not talking about an update to a new TL (technology level) that may bring different features. Constant TL - plus most/more recent patches.
• same as for OSS packages. One example. The current version of bash on these systems is 4.3 - which, as an effect (or bug) leaves many files (pipes) in /tmp - On a busy test day this can be 20k to 30k empty files left behind. While this can be monitored and cleaned up (e.g., using skulker) - what about updates.
• As to Ansible playbooks: one of the core features of Ansible (I was taught) is being idempotent - which I take to mean that playbooks should be runnable at any time - and reapplied anytime there are are playbook updates to bring everything back into sync.

Hence, this issue to establish what the project goals, better, need are - and work with you to attain those goals.

[aixtools]

I have designed a new AIX base image - with all the requirements pre-installed. All that is missing is running the ansible-playbook over the new image.

Once one build system is re-installed with this base image, and the playbook applied - we (adoptium) will have a consistent starting point for AIX 7.1 (aix710) build systems.

NOTE: until a "PASS" value has been given, the old system image will be preserved for rollback.

RECOMMEND: start with build-osuosl-aix71-ppc64-2

[aixtools]

closing: systems need to stay at this AIX level as baseline for AIX OS minimal support. Tools used can, and are, being updated (as needed).