Ansible Role: Flexera IT Asset Management Agent

Ansible role to install/uninstall Flexera IT Asset Management Agent on Linux servers.

Requirements

The role does not require anything to run on Ubuntu, Debian or RHEL and its derivatives. This role assumes that you have the software package located on a web server somewhere in your environment.

Role Variables

Available variables are listed below, along with default values (see defaults/main.yml):

beacon: false
beacon_host: "http://beacon.example.org"

software_url: "http://www.example.org"
package_name: "managesoft-17.3.0-1.x86_64.rpm"
package_version: "17.3.0"

cert_file:      "mgsft_rollout_cert"
response_file:  "mgsft_rollout_response"

beacon (Required) Controls if the client install will be used with a local Beacon Server. This should be either true or false (Default is false).

beacon_host (Required) The URL of the local Beacon Server. This should be either http or https.

software_url (Required) The URL that hosts the Installer package. This should be either http or https.

package_name (Required) The Installer package name.

package_version (Required) The version of the Installer package. Used in determination if Upgrading existing install.

cert_file (Required) The name of the beacon certificate file to download from the software_url.

response_file (Required) The name of the agent installaton response file to download from the software_url.

Role variables can be stored with the hosts.yaml file, or in the main variables file.

Dependencies

None.

Example Playbook

    - hosts: servers
      roles:
         - role: mikepruett3.flexera
           vars:
            software_url: "http://www.example.org"
            package_name: "flexera-agent-installer"
            package_version: "17.3.0"

License

MIT

Author Information

Role created by mikepruett3 on Github.com