Perlbrew

This "perlbrew" role allow you to install perlbrew on Ubuntu / Debian / CentOS | RedHat.

Perlbrew is a admin-free perl installation management tool.

Requirements

Ansible 1.9.x

Tested on

2.2.2.0

Role Variables

• "perl_version" is used to specify the default perl version. Note: This cannot be latest, but need to be something like perl-5.26.1. The default will be changed to the latest stable.
• "perlbrew_user" is used to specify which user on the remote system that will get perlbrew.
• "switch_to_new_perl" is used to activate (perlbrew switch) the new perl_version right away, default is true (if false added lines in .profile/.bashrc will be commented)
• "perlbrew_as" name of the perlbrew namespace, default is perl_version

Example config:

---
perl_version: perl-5.26.1
perlbrew_user: www
switch_to_new_perl: true
perlbrew_as: myperl

Example Playbook

Including an example of how to use your role (for instance, with variables passed in as parameters) is always nice for users too:

- hosts: servers
  roles:
    - role: perlbrew 
      perlbrew_user: tobybro
      perl_version: perl-5.26.1
      perlbrew_as: myawesomeperl

If you are using Ubuntu, you may want to add this to the beginning of your playbook to have it update your Ubuntu before trying to install, this could save you grief:

---
- hosts: all
  become: yes

  pre_tasks:
  - name: Update cache before we get into anything
    apt:
      state: latest
      force_apt_get: true
      update_cache: true
      cache_valid_time: 3600
    become: yes
    when: ansible_distribution == 'Debian' or ansible_distribution == 'Ubuntu'

Vagrant

For testing the role in a virtual machine a 'Vagrantfile' and 'vagrant-inventory' file is provided (vagrantfiles for short). You need Vagrant installed to use it. It is assumed that there is a user vagrant in the vm.

Inside the directory of these two files say:

• 'vagrant up' to set up the virtual machine and run the test, i.e. running the playbook in ./tests/playbook.yml
• 'vagrant destroy' to delete the virtual machine

A CentOS-7.4 is used for the test. Ubuntu is prepared in the vagrantfiles. Adapt it to your needs.

License

BSD

Author Information

Original author: Jan Henning Thorsen - jhthorsen@cpan.org - http://thorsen.pm Slightly modified by: Toby Broyles