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# Running this playbook
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This playbook is meant to be run using [Ansible](https://www.ansible.com/).
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Ansible typically runs on your local computer and carries out tasks on a remote server. If your local computer cannot run Ansible, you can also run Ansible on some server somewhere (including the server you wish to install to).
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## Supported Ansible versions
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To manually check which version of Ansible you're on, run: `ansible --version`.
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For the **best experience**, we recommend getting the **latest version of Ansible available**.
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We're not sure what's the minimum version of Ansible that can run this playbook successfully. The lowest version that we've confirmed (on 2022-11-26) to be working fine is: `ansible-core` (`2.11.7`) combined with `ansible` (`4.10.0`).
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If your distro ships with an Ansible version older than this, you may run into issues. Consider [Upgrading Ansible](#upgrading-ansible) or [using Ansible via Docker](#using-ansible-via-docker).
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## Upgrading Ansible
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Depending on your distribution, you may be able to upgrade Ansible in a few different ways:
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- by using an additional repository (PPA, etc.), which provides newer Ansible versions. See instructions for [CentOS](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/installation_guide/intro_installation.html#installing-ansible-on-rhel-centos-or-fedora), [Debian](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/installation_guide/intro_installation.html#installing-ansible-on-debian), or [Ubuntu](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/installation_guide/intro_installation.html#installing-ansible-on-ubuntu) on the Ansible website.
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- by removing the Ansible package (`yum remove ansible` or `apt-get remove ansible`) and installing via [pip](https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/installation/) (`pip install ansible`).
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If using the `pip` method, do note that the `ansible-playbook` binary may not be on the `$PATH` (https://linuxconfig.org/linux-path-environment-variable), but in some more special location like `/usr/local/bin/ansible-playbook`. You may need to invoke it using the full path.
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**Note**: Both of the above methods are a bad way to run system software such as Ansible. If you find yourself needing to resort to such hacks, please consider reporting a bug to your distribution and/or switching to a sane distribution, which provides up-to-date software.
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## Using Ansible via Docker
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Alternatively, you can run Ansible inside a Docker container (powered by the [devture/ansible](https://hub.docker.com/r/devture/ansible/) Docker image).
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This ensures that you're using a very recent Ansible version, which is less likely to be incompatible with the playbook.
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You can either [run Ansible in a container on the Matrix server itself](#running-ansible-in-a-container-on-the-matrix-server-itself) or [run Ansible in a container on another computer (not the Matrix server)](#running-ansible-in-a-container-on-another-computer-not-the-matrix-server).
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### Running Ansible in a container on the Matrix server itself
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To run Ansible in a (Docker) container on the Matrix server itself, you need to have a working Docker installation. Docker is normally installed by the playbook, so this may be a bit of a chicken and egg problem. To solve it:
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- you **either** need to install Docker manually first. Follow [the upstream instructions](https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/) for your distribution and consider setting `matrix_playbook_docker_installation_enabled: false` in your `vars.yml` file, to prevent the playbook from installing Docker
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- **or** you need to run the playbook in another way (e.g. [Running Ansible in a container on another computer (not the Matrix server)](#running-ansible-in-a-container-on-another-computer-not-the-matrix-server)) at least the first time around
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Once you have a working Docker installation on the server, **clone the playbook** somewhere on the server and configure it as per usual (`inventory/hosts`, `inventory/host_vars/..`, etc.), as described in [configuring the playbook](configuring-playbook.md).
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You would then need to add `ansible_connection=community.docker.nsenter` to the host line in `inventory/hosts`. This tells Ansible to connect to the "remote" machine by switching Linux namespaces with [nsenter](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/nsenter.1.html), instead of using SSH.
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Alternatively, you can leave your `inventory/hosts` as is and specify the connection type in **each** `ansible-playbook` call you do later, like this: `ansible-playbook --connection=community.docker.nsenter ...`
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Run this from the playbook's directory:
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```bash
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docker run -it --rm \
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--privileged \
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--pid=host \
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-w /work \
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-v `pwd`:/work \
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--entrypoint=/bin/sh \
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docker.io/devture/ansible:2.17.0-r0-1
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```
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Once you execute the above command, you'll be dropped into a `/work` directory inside a Docker container. The `/work` directory contains the playbook's code.
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First, consider running `git config --global --add safe.directory /work` to [resolve directory ownership issues](#resolve-directory-ownership-issues).
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Finally, you can execute `ansible-playbook ...` (or `ansible-playbook --connection=community.docker.nsenter ...`) commands as per normal now.
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### Running Ansible in a container on another computer (not the Matrix server)
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Run this from the playbook's directory:
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```bash
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docker run -it --rm \
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-w /work \
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-v `pwd`:/work \
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-v $HOME/.ssh/id_rsa:/root/.ssh/id_rsa:ro \
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--entrypoint=/bin/sh \
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docker.io/devture/ansible:2.17.0-r0-1
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```
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The above command tries to mount an SSH key (`$HOME/.ssh/id_rsa`) into the container (at `/root/.ssh/id_rsa`). If your SSH key is at a different path (not in `$HOME/.ssh/id_rsa`), adjust that part.
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Once you execute the above command, you'll be dropped into a `/work` directory inside a Docker container. The `/work` directory contains the playbook's code.
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First, consider running `git config --global --add safe.directory /work` to [resolve directory ownership issues](#resolve-directory-ownership-issues).
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Finally, you execute `ansible-playbook ...` commands as per normal now.
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#### If you don't use SSH keys for authentication
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If you don't use SSH keys for authentication, simply remove that whole line (`-v $HOME/.ssh/id_rsa:/root/.ssh/id_rsa:ro`).
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To authenticate at your server using a password, you need to add a package. So, when you are in the shell of the ansible docker container (the previously used `docker run -it ...` command), run:
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```bash
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apk add sshpass
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```
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Then, to be asked for the password whenever running an `ansible-playbook` command add `--ask-pass` to the arguments of the command.
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#### Resolve directory ownership issues
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Because you're `root` in the container running Ansible and this likely differs fom the owner (your regular user account) of the playbook directory outside of the container, certain playbook features which use `git` locally may report warnings such as:
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> fatal: unsafe repository ('/work' is owned by someone else)
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> To add an exception for this directory, call:
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> git config --global --add safe.directory /work
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These errors can be resolved by making `git` trust the playbook directory by running `git config --global --add safe.directory /work`
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