ansible-gentoo

This role demonstrates the automatic configuration of a gentoo system from minimal install to first boot.

Role Variables

The role defines several defaults that an be overridden by the user

pubkey The public key to deploy to the root user on the minimal cd. Primarily to negate the need for a password if you need to run twice.
default: ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

main_disk The target disk for the install.
default: /dev/sda

swap_size Size of the swap partition
default: 2048m

fstype filesystem type for root and boot drives
default: ext4

force_format Whether to force a reformat of a partition
default: no

mirror The mirror to fetch the gentoo stage3 sources from.
default: http://mirror.mcs.anl.gov/pub/gentoo

timezone The timezone to set for the new system.
default: America/Los_Angeles

domain main domain for the new system
default: met.tfoundry.com

kernel The kernel configuration to use.
default: config-3.13.0-24-generic

make_opts any make options you wish to pass for ebuilds.
default: -j4

management_interface the main interface to configure
default: ansible_default_ipv4.interface

root_passwd the initial root password for the newly installed system.
default: gentoo-root

gateway the default gateway for the newly installed system.
default: ansible_default_ipv4.gateway

netmask the netmask for the newly installed system
default: ansible_default_ipv4.netmask

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:

.. code:: yaml

- hosts: all
  roles:
     - gentoo

Also please see blog post_ for an example of using this role to deploy gentoo.

License

BSD

Author Information

James A. Kyle
[email protected]
http://blog.jameskyle.org

.. _blog post: http://blog.jameskyle.org/2014/08/automated-stage3-gentoo-install-using-ansible/