ansible-bender VS .emacs.d

(For container images, you'd probably be interested in https://github.com/ansible-community/ansible-bender )

Base images NEEDS to have Python installed. You can do this during runs by turning off gather_facts and installing it during playbook run.

You should definitely look at the absible-bender project. Basically it's Ansible + Buildah.

Ok great. I can totally see that this was a lot of work. I am busy with this now for around a year or so and get my stuff automated step by step, but there is a lot left. But then again I am not doing this exclusively as there are many other interesting things to learn and to improve. Just recently I added docker to the mix instead of only using lxc and now I am in the process of switching to podman and buildah. Check it out, it is really great and you can easily build your own containers with Ansible. ansible-bender

take a look at this project: https://github.com/ansible-community/ansible-bender

--- - name: Emacs setup - Containerized hosts: all vars: ansible_bender: base_image: python:3.9-slim-bullseye target_image: name: myemacs cmd: bash user: themkat working_dir: /home/themkat pre_tasks: - name: Update package archives (Debian-based) apt: update_cache: true cache_valid_time: 7200 when: ansible_os_family == "Debian" tasks: - name: Make sure Emacs and git is installed package: name: - emacs - git state: present - name: Create themkat user user: name: themkat create_home: true state: present # had issues with using the home symbol + become_user here. Might be an issue to look out for - name: Download Emacs config #become_user: themkat git: repo: https://github.com/themkat/.emacs.d.git dest: /home/themkat/.emacs.d - name: Make themkat the owner file: path: /home/themkat/.emacs.d owner: themkat recurse: true state: directory