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robertdebock/ansible-role-rundeck

Install and configure rundeck on your system.

Ansible role rundeck

Install and configure rundeck on your system.

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Example Playbook

This example is taken from molecule/default/converge.yml and is tested on each push, pull request and release.

---
- name: Converge
  hosts: all
  become: true
  gather_facts: true

  roles:
    - role: robertdebock.rundeck

The machine needs to be prepared. In CI this is done using molecule/default/prepare.yml:

---
- name: Prepare
  hosts: all
  become: true
  gather_facts: false

  vars:
    _java_version:
      default: 11
      Debian-12: 17
      Ubuntu-22: 17
    java_version: "{{ _java_version[ansible_facts['distribution'] ~ '-' ~ ansible_facts['distribution_major_version']] | default(_java_version['default']) }}"

  roles:
    - role: robertdebock.bootstrap
    - role: robertdebock.java
    - role: robertdebock.common

Also see a full explanation and example on how to use these roles.

Role Variables

The default values for the variables are set in defaults/main.yml:

---
# defaults file for rundeck

# Rundeck version to install
rundeck_version: "4.17.3"
rundeck_release_date: 20231113

# Where to install rundeck.
rundeck_rdeckbase: /opt/rundeck

# The Xmx memory size in mb. (Stored in: "{{ rundeck_rdeckbase }}/etc/profile".)
rundeck_xmx: 4096
rundeck_xms: 256
rundeck_maxmetaspacesize: 128

# The URL where Rundeck will be served on:
rundeck_port: 4440
rundeck_address: "{{ ansible_facts['all_ipv4_addresses'][0] | default('127.0.0.1') }}"

# You can change the context to for example: "/rundeck". An empty value means
# that no specific context is added.
rundeck_server_web_context: ""

rundeck_config:
  - parameter: server.address
    value: "{{ rundeck_address }}"
  - parameter: grails.serverURL
    value: "{{ rundeck_url }}"
  - parameter: dataSource.url
    value: "jdbc:h2:file:/opt/rundeck/server/data/grailsdb"
#   To connect to MySQL, use these settings. (Database has to be prepared.)
#   - parameter: dataSource.url
#     value: "jdbc:mysql://myserver/rundeck?autoReconnect=true&useSSL=false"
#   - parameter: dataSource.username
#     value: rundeck
#   - parameter: dataSource.password
#     value: rundeck
#   - parameter: dataSource.driverClassName
#     value: org.mariadb.jdbc.Driver

# The settings for Rundeck. (Stored in: "{{ rundeck_rdeckbase }}/etc/framework.properties".)
rundeck_framework:
  - parameter: framework.server.hostname
    value: "{{ ansible_facts['fqdn'] }}"
  - parameter: framework.server.name
    value: "{{ ansible_facts['hostname'] }}"
  - parameter: framework.projects.dir
    value: "{{ rundeck_rdeckbase }}/projects"
  - parameter: framework.var.dir
    value: "{{ rundeck_rdeckbase }}/var"
  - parameter: framework.logs.dir
    value: "{{ rundeck_rdeckbase }}/var/logs"
  # - parameter: "framework.server.username"
  #   value: unset
  # - parameter: "framework.server.password"
  #   value: unset
  - parameter: framework.rundeck.url
    value: "{{ rundeck_url }}"
  # - parameter: "framework.ssh.keypath"
  #   value: unset
  # - parameter: "framework.ssh.user"
  #   value: unset
  - parameter: framework.ssh-connect-timeout
    value: 0
  - parameter: framework.ssh-command-timeout
    value: 0
  # - parameter: "framework.log.dispatch.console.format"
  #   value: unset
  - parameter: framework.rundeck.execution.script.tokenexpansion.enabled
    value: true

# default users stored in {{ rundeck_rdeckbase }}/server/config/realm.properties
rundeck_users:
  - username: "admin"
    password: "admin"
    roles: "user,admin"
  - username: "user"
    password: "user"
    roles: "user"

# Rundeck plugins to install
rundeck_plugins: []
# - "https://github.com/Batix/rundeck-ansible-plugin/releases/download/3.1.1/ansible-plugin-3.1.1.jar"

Requirements

State of used roles

The following roles are used to prepare a system. You can prepare your system in another way.

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robertdebock.bootstrap Build Status GitHub Build Status GitLab
robertdebock.common Build Status GitHub Build Status GitLab
robertdebock.core_dependencies Build Status GitHub Build Status GitLab
robertdebock.java Build Status GitHub Build Status GitLab
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Context

This role is part of many compatible roles. Have a look at the documentation of these roles for further information.

Here is an overview of related roles:
dependencies

Compatibility

This role has been tested on these container images:

container tags
EL 9
Debian all
Fedora all
Ubuntu all

The minimum version of Ansible required is 2.12, tests have been done on:

  • The previous version.
  • The current version.
  • The development version.

If you find issues, please register them on GitHub.

License

Apache-2.0.

Author Information

robertdebock

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Languages

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Contributors

Apache License 2.0
Created December 19, 2017
Updated March 18, 2026
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