My talk at Ansible Berlin Meetup (28.Apr.2016) Video recording: LBRY: lbry://@thiagoalessio#6/using-ansible-as-makefiles-to-unite-your#4 YouTube: https://youtu.be/ZhxAgnzKOuk

1. Using Ansible
as Makefiles
to unite your
developers

2. Ansible is mostly used for:
• Provisioning
• Configuration Management
• App Deployment
• Continuous Delivery
• Security & Compliance
• Orchestration

3. Application

4. Application
Frontend

5. Application
Backend
Frontend

6. Application
Backend
Frontend
Operations

7. Application
Backend
Frontend
Operations

11. Why Ansible
instead of
Makefiles?

12. Readability

13. BUILD_DIR=../build
# Clean old build(s)
clean:
rm -rf $(BUILD_DIR)
vars:
- build_dir: ../build
tasks:
- name: Clean old build(s)
file:
path: "{{ build_dir }}"
state: absent
Makefile Ansible

14. BUILD_DIR=../build
SRC_DIR=../src
# Copy all app files
copy-app:
cp -R $(SRC_DIR) $(BUILD_DIR)
vars:
- build_dir: ../build
- src_dir: ../src
tasks:
- name: Copy all app files
copy:
src: "{{ src_dir }}"
dest: "{{ build_dir }}"
Makefile Ansible

15. BUILD_DIR=../build
# Create symlink of local.xml
symlink-localxml:
ln -fs /path/to/local.xml
$(BUILD_DIR)/local.xml
vars:
- build_dir: ../build
tasks:
- name: Create symlink of local.xml
file:
src: /path/to/local.xml
dest: "{{ build_dir }}/local.xml”
state: link
Makefile Ansible

16. BUILD_DIR=../build
SRC_DIR=../src
declare -A APP_DEPENDENCIES=
([“SRC”]=vendor [“DEST"]=vendor)
([“SRC"]=node_modules/app.js [“DEST”]=js)
# Copy app dependencies (PHP & JS)
copy-dependencies:
for item in "$${!APP_DEPENDENCIES[@]}" ; do
cp -rT --preserve=mode,timestamp,links
”./$${item['SRC']}"
“${BUILD_DIR}/$${item[‘DEST']}";
done
vars:
- build_dir: ../build
- app_dependencies:
- { src: vendor, dest: vendor }
- { src: node_modules/app.js, dest: js }
tasks:
- name: Copy app dependencies (PHP & JS)
copy:
src: "./{{ item.src }}"
dest: "{{ build_dir }}{{ item.dest }}"
follow: yes
with_items: app_dependencies
Makefile Ansible
Not sure if that works,
Makefiles are complex indeed ;D

17. BUILD_DIR=../build
SRC_DIR=../src
declare -A APP_DEPENDENCIES=
([“SRC"]=vendor ["DEST"]=vendor)
(["SRC"]=node_modules/app.js ["DEST"]=js)
# Clean old build(s)
clean:
rm -rf $(BUILD_DIR)
# Copy all app files
copy-app:
cp -R $(SRC_DIR) $(BUILD_DIR)
# Create local.xml symlink
symlink-localxml:
ln -fs /path/to/local.xml
$(BUILD_DIR)/local.xml
# Copy app dependencies (PHP & JS)
copy-dependencies:
for item in "$${!APP_DEPENDENCIES[@]}" ; do
cp -rT --preserve=mode,timestamp,links
”./$${item['SRC']}"
“${BUILD_DIR}/$${item['DEST']}" ;
done
vars:
- build_dir: ../build
- src_dir: ../src
- app_dependencies:
- { src: vendor, dest: vendor }
- { src: node_modules/app.js, dest: js }
tasks:
- name: Clean old build(s)
file:
path: "{{ build_dir }}"
state: absent
- name: Copy all app files
copy:
src: "{{ src_dir }}"
dest: "{{ build_dir }}"
- name: Create local.xml symlink
file:
src: /path/to/local.xml
dest: "{{ build_dir }}/local.xml”
state: link
- name: Copy app dependencies (PHP & JS)
copy:
src: "./{{ item.src }}"
dest: "{{ build_dir }}{{ item.dest }}"
follow: yes
with_items: app_dependencies
Makefile Ansible

18. Questions ?

19. Thank you ;D
@thiagoalessio
github.com/thiagoalessio