ansible-java

Install Oracle Java.

Compatibility

ansible-java 0.7.0

Starting with this role version, inventory configuration for pinned versions of Java to be installed has changed. To pin a version it is enough to configure java_oracle_version which requires vars/versions/{{ java_oracle_version }}.yml to be configured.

Starting with this role version the variable to choose between JDK or JRE has been renamed to java_oracle_distribution for consistency reasons.

Starting with this role version the default Java version has been updated to Java8.

Architecture

The role downloads redistributable packages from the internet to the hosts local filesystem before it may install those on any number of managed nodes in the local network.

Downloads are performed with the command module using curl. It is required to have curl installed on the local host you are running ansible-playbook on to manage nodes (your workstation).

Role variables

• java_oracle_distribution: Configure the Java distribution to be installed (default: jdk, values: [jdk, jre])
• java_oracle_version: Configure Java version to be installed (string, default: 8u25)
• java_install_dir: Base installation directory for any Java implementation/distribution (string, default: /opt/java)

Versioned variables

Predefined SHA sums and further version specific configuration may get found in the vars/versions directory. When configuring a version, that is not predefined (so far), the following variables must also be defined in the playbook:

• java_oracle_version_major: Oracle major version
• java_oracle_version_minor: Oracle minor version
• java_oracle_version_patch: Oracle patch version
• java_oracle_version_update: Oracle major version
• java_oracle_version_build: Oracle build version
• java_oracle_redis_jdk_sha256sum: SHA256 sum for the downloaded Oracle Java JDK redistributable package - mandatory when java_oracle_distribution is jdk
• java_oracle_redis_jre_sha256sum: SHA256 sum for the downloaded Oracle Java JRE redistributable package - mandatory when java_oracle_distribution is jre
• java_oracle_redis_jce_sha256sum: SHA256 sum for the downloaded Oracle Java JCE policies package
• java_oracle_mirror_jce: Mirror URL for the download of the Oracle Java JCE policies package
• java_oracle_redis_jce_filename: File name of the Oracle Java JCE policies package
• java_oracle_redis_jce_archive_dirname: Name of the base directory in the Oracle Java JCE policies package

Supported versions

• 7u51
• 7u71
• 8u20
• 8u25
• 8u31
• 8u45

Role facts

This role sets persistent facts for other roles to use via

• facts.d ansible_local.java.general.java_home

This variable contains the path to the default JVM configured with this role.

Dependencies

This role depends on groover.util role. This is configured for ansible-galaxy install in requirements.yml.

NOTE: Requirements are installed as virtual user silpion (silpion.util)

Be sure to install required roles with

ansible-galaxy install --role-file requirements.yml

• groover.util

Example playbook

- hosts: all
  roles:
    - { role: ansible-java }

Contributing

If you want to contribute to this repository please be aware that this project uses a gitflow workflow with the next release branch called next.

Please fork this repository and create a local branch split off of the next branch and create pull requests back to the origin next branch.

License

Apache Version 2.0

Author

• Mark Kusch @mark.kusch silpion.de
• Marc Rohlfs @marc.rohlfs silpion.de

Contributors

• Lars Maehlmann @lars.maehlmann silpion.de
• Sebastian Davids @sebastian.davids silpion.de
• ludovicc
• nixlike
• trumant