Ansible Role: MAVEN

Install and configures Apache maven on RedHat/CentOS and Debian/Ubuntu

Requirements

Requires EPEL repository for RedHat/CentOS machines, you can install the repository using the common Ansible role.

Role Variables

To install different version of Apache Maven, change the following variable

maven_version: 3.5.3

Choose the directory in which Maven will be installed, default: /apps if undefined. The default directory structure and required packages will be created and installed using the common Ansible Playbook

maven_install_dir: /apps

The archive file has to be pre-downloaded and placed in one of the following folders

- /home/$USER/ansible_roles/files
- /home/$USER/ansible_roles/
- /home/$USER/ansible_roles/maven/files
- /home/$USER/ansible_roles/maven/tasks/files

The following variable will define the maven archive

maven_src_tar: apache-maven-3.5.3-bin.zip

Maven Home Environmental variable [M2_HOME] will be set using the variable, the path depends on the maven_install_dir

maven_home: /apps/apache-maven-3.5.3

The variable will set the symlink for the installed Maven

maven_shared_home: /usr/shared/maven

The data directory to store all maven app data

maven_repo_dir: /data/maven/repo

The following will setup the profile

maven_profile_sh: /etc/profile.d/maven.sh

Dependencies

skydevops common Ansible Role is needed, which creates the required directories and also install the required packages.

Example Playbook

Use the following playbook:

- hosts: all
  become: yes
  gather_facts: yes
  roles:
    - role: common

- hosts: test_servers
  become: yes
  gather_facts: yes
  roles:
    - role: sdjava
    - role: maven

License

Licensed under the Apache License V2.0. See the LICENSE file for details.

Author Information

This role was created in 2018 by Shashi Yebbare, author of SkyDevops.