Automated set up of Fedora Workstation and Fedora Server using Ansible

The goal of this repository is to:

• keep all dotfiles and configurations in version control
• ensure system settings are reproducible across machines
• automate setup to the highest reasonable extent with minimal manual intervention

The automation is done using multiple Ansible playbooks, which are named according to the tasks they perform.

1. Run the init target. This creates a python virtual environment PY-ANSIBLE with the required dependencies.

   make init

2. Activate the virtual environment PY-ANSIBLE.

   source .venv/PY-ANSIBLE/bin/activate

3. To setup, lets say, dev tools, run below. This would install JDK, Maven, Node.js, Postman, and IDEs - VS Code, IntelliJ IDEA, and WebStorm - with their extensions/plugins installed and settings configured.

   make dev

   To setup everything what this repository offers, run:

   make all

• The programmatic way to check changes being done to your system is to run the playbooks with --check flag. Example:

  source .venv/PY-ANSIBLE/bin/activate
  ansible-playbook playbooks/cleanup.yaml --check

• Another way is to check the playbooks, roles, and group vars manually, which I find more reliable 😄

1. Run the sync target.

   make sync

2. And then commit the changes, eg:

   git add .
   git commit -m "Sync"
   git push