# Ansible Role Oh My ZSH This is a basic Ansible role to enable and configure Oh My Zsh on Fedora, Ubuntu, or MacOS. It should also work on many other \*nix variants. It performs the following tasks: - Install and minimally configure Zsh: - make sure it exists, - set it as the default shell for the user specified by the role. - Install Oh My Zsh for each specified user (in `~/.oh-my-zsh` by default). - Configure (Oh My) Zsh by optionally creating a `.zshrc` file for each specified user. - Alternately, configure Zsh by adding a block of lines to individual users' `.zshrc` files. ## Role variables | Variable name | Default value | Description | |----------------|---------------|-------------| | `omz_install_zsh` | `false` | Defines whether or not the role should attempt to install Zsh. | | `omz_user` | `[]` | The user to install/configure (Oh My) Zsh for. See below for its properties. | | `omz_user.name` | `-` | The name of the user. | | `omz_user.group` | `-` | The group of the user | | `omz_user.settings` | `-` | Extra settings (as a mult-line string) such as variable exports or aliases to add to the user's `.zshrc` file. Only used if `omz_zshrc_create` is `true`. | | `omz_git_repository` | `https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh.git` | The git repo to clone Oh My Zsh from. | | `omz_install_directory` | `.oh-my-zsh` | The name of the directory to clone Oh My Zsh into. | | `omz_zshrc_create` | `true` | Whether or not to create `.zshrc`. If `true`, will create `.zshrc` from a template. | | `omz_zshrc_template` | `templates/zshrc.zsh-template.j2` | The template used to create the user's `.zshrc` file when `omz_zshrc_create` is `true`. | | `omz_zshrc_backup` | `true` | Whether or not to create backup the existing `.zshrc` files when the role changes it. | | `omz_zsh_theme` | `robbyrussell` | See `templates/zshrc.zsh-template`. | | `omz_case_sensitive` | `false` | See `templates/zshrc.zsh-template`. | | `omz_hyphen_insensitive` | `false` | See `templates/zshrc.zsh-template`. | | `omz_disable_auto_update` | `false` | See `templates/zshrc.zsh-template`. | | `omz_update_zsh_days` | `13` | See `templates/zshrc.zsh-template`. | | `omz_disable_ls_colors` | `false` | See `templates/zshrc.zsh-template`. | | `omz_disable_auto_title` | `false` | See `templates/zshrc.zsh-template`. | | `omz_enable_correction` | `false` | See `templates/zshrc.zsh-template`. | | `omz_completion_waiting_dots` | `false` | See `templates/zshrc.zsh-template`. | | `omz_disable_untracked_files_dirty` | `false` | See `templates/zshrc.zsh-template`. | | `omz_hist_stamps` | `mm/dd/yyyy` | See `templates/zshrc.zsh-template`. | | `omz_zsh_custom` | `$ZSH/custom` | See `templates/zshrc.zsh-template`. | | `omz_plugins` | `[]` | A list of Oh My Zsh plugins to enable. | ## Role task files ### `main.yml`: task coordination This file includes files that peform specific subsets of tasks. ### `zsh.yml`: Zsh setup This task installs and sets zsh as the default shell for a user. #### Variables used - `omz_user` ### `oh-my-zsh-install.yml`: Oh My Zsh installation This task clones the Oh My Zsh repository into the user directory of each specified user and sets the appropriate permissions on the directory. #### Variables used - `omz_user` - `omz_install_directory` - `omz_git_repository` - `omz_install_path` ### `oh-my-zsh-zshrc.yml`: Oh My Zsh configuration This task creates the user a `.zshrc` file containing global values for various Oh My Zsh options based on [the `.zshrc` template in the oh-my-zsh repository](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/master/templates/zshrc.zsh-template). The task can be configured to back up any existing `.zshrc` file. This task only runs when `omz_zshrc_create` is set to `true`. #### Variables used - `omz_user` - `omz_zshrc_template` - `omz_zshrc_backup` ### `zsh-zshrc.yml`: final Zsh configuration This task adds individual lines to the `.zshrc` file. This is useful for adding Zsh settings on an already-existing `.zshrc` file without creating it from scratch. This task only runs when `omz_zshrc_create` is set to `false`. #### Variables used - `omz_user` - `omz_zshrc_backup` ## Sample playbook --- - name: Playbook hosts: all become: true vars: omz_install_zsh: true users: - name: "lorem" group: "lorem" settings: "" - name: "ipsum" group: "ipsum" settings: | export PATH="/usr/local/sbin:$path" alias l="ls -AF" tasks: - name: Run ansible-role-oh-my-zsh. include_role: name: "ansible-role-oh-my-zsh" vars: omz_user: "{{ item }}" # Only create `.zshrc` for user 'lorem'; item.settings will be # appended to `.zshrc` for the user 'ipsum'. omz_zshrc_create: "{{ (item.name == 'lorem') | ternary(true, false) }}" omz_plugins: - "autojump" - "git" with_items: "{{ users }}"