Custom Ansible Playbook for Ubuntu on WSL2 and macOS

This is a custom ansible playbook. It sets up all the tools for local web development using Node.JS

How to use this

Windows

1. Install WSL2.

2. Install Ubuntu (20.04 LTS recommended)

3. Install Ansible on Ubuntu

   sudo apt update
   sudo apt install software-properties-common
   sudo add-apt-repository --yes --update ppa:ansible/ansible
   sudo apt install ansible

4. Clone this repo down or download the zip file.

5. Run the playbook from the directory

   ansible-playbook -K playbook.yml

6. Enter your password when prompted.

MacOS

1. Install ansible

   With Homebrew

   brew install ansible

   or with python3

   pip3 install ansible

2. Clone this repo down or download the zip file

3. Run the playbook from the directory

   ansible-playbook -K playbook.yml

4. Enter your password when prompted.

This installs the following things:

• zsh (WSL Only)
• acl (WSL Only)
• git (WSL Only)
• postgresql
• pip for python (WSL Only)
• nvm
• Node.JS LTS
• Generates an ssh key, it will be in ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub
• Sets VSCODE to be your default editor.
• Configures git username, email and sets git pull to do a rebase
• Sets up an open and wsl alias (WSL Only)

Feel free to fork this and modify it to suit your needs or learn a bit about how to fight with ansible.