Multi-ble - A Multipass and Ansible tool for rapid iterations

Instructions

./multi-ble.sh <argument> will run the tool with your desired argument.
The four basic arguments are as follows:

all
- Deletes and purges any already running multipass instances
- Launches the predefined number of multipass instances
- Creates a hosts file for ansible with VM name and IP
- Finally runs ansible-playbook ...
purge
- Deletes and purges any already running instances
launch
- Deletes, purges and launches the predefined number of instances
ansible
- Only runs the ansible-playbook command

.ansible.cfg
- Put your ansible configuration options here
- It gets sourced by the multi-ble.sh script
cloud-init.yml
- Runs default configurations when creating a new VM
- Currently sets up the default ubuntu user with an ssh key that needs to be manually edited
hosts
- Automatically generated by multi-ble.sh for ansible
- Only contains the VM name and IP
main.yml
- Default playbook for ansible
multi-ble.sh
- The main tool
vars
- Directory containing a variable file
- Only has an entry for the default VM username